Untitled (New York City)

c. 1980

Shawn Walker

Associated Names
Shawn Walker

Artist, American, born 1940

The image shows various complex shapes and dark silhouettes overlapping with the background, creating an abstract composition. A larger dark shape resembling a human figure or mannequin, possibly with round goggle-like circles as eyes, merges with the reflection of a street and parked vehicles.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Charina Endowment Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 52.5 × 35 cm (20 11/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 56.4 × 39.7 cm (22 3/16 × 15 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.82.3

  • Series Title

    Invisible Man

  • Copyright

    © Shawn Walker

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Steven Kasher Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: Shawn Walker ©; by artist, lower left in graphite: NYC 1980's; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: SW147

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