Untitled (Santos) from the Playground Series

1967

Louis Draper

Associated Names
Louis Draper

Artist, American, 1935 - 2002

This is a photograph of a swing casting a shadow on the ground. The image captures a single swing hanging from chains attached to an unseen support structure. The swing itself is positioned at the top center of the frame, while its shadow is prominently displayed on the textured ground beneath. The background is a dark wall with visible graffiti.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 32.9 × 22.8 cm (12 15/16 × 9 in.)
    mount: 43 × 35.5 cm (16 15/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.50.1

  • Series Title

    Playground

  • Copyright

    © Draper Preservation Trust, Nell D. Winston, Trustee

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Louis Draper, New York; The Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust, New York; NGA purchase (through Steven Kasher Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mount in graphite: Louis Draper; lower left on mount in graphite: From Playground Series 1968; on verso, by unknown hand, center in graphite on applied label: From "PLAYGROUND" SERIES 1968 / LOUIS DRAPER / c/o BARBORA / 10 w. 18th St / NY. 10011 / V. GRANT; center stamped in black ink on applied label: Warning: From the estate of / Louis Draper/Executor / Neil Draper/Winston / © Copyright 2002 / 107 Liberty Avenue / Richmond, VA; by unknown hand, bottom center in graphite: DR 0031.4; bottom right in graphite: LD071

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