Children Playing Handball, New York

1965

Louis Draper

Associated Names
Louis Draper

Artist, American, 1935 - 2002

This is a photograph of two silhouetted figures in an outdoor setting. The full description: The image presents a scene with two figures captured in movement against a wall. The foreground figure is mid-motion, arms extended above their head, while the background figure faces the wall with a similar posture. The play of light and shadow creates a visual effect, with outlines of the figures and textural detail of the surrounding architecture. Shadows of trees are visible on the wall, and the ground is divided between light and shadow areas, enhancing the contrast within the photograph.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 19.7 × 30.9 cm (7 3/4 × 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.50.2

  • 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

Exhibition History

2015

  • Louis Draper: Steven Kasher Gallery, January 14- February 20, 2015

Inscriptions

on verso, probably by artist, upper center in black ink: "CLEAN"; center in black ink: LOUIS DRAPER / 22E. 17TH St / Rm 319 / NY 10003, NY; lower right in graphite: 27/48 / Variant of / Book 80 [circled] less cropped; lower center stamped in black ink: 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: DR0169

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