The Black House, London

1973–1976

Colin Jones

Associated Names
Colin Jones

Artist, British, 1936 - 2021

This black-and-white photograph shows a man holding a child on a bed, while a woman stands by a mantel in the center of the room. The bed is on the left, and there is a small television set on the right, a rotary phone beneath it. The man on the bed is dressed in all black, with a black cap on his head, and he is looking down at the child. The child he holds wears a gray shirt and a black hat with a white stripe around the bottom. The woman wears a black skirt and a black jacket over a checkered shirt. She has short black hair with a white headband or clip, and she looks directly out at us. All three people have dark skin. The room has floral wallpaper on the wall behind the bed, and the other wall is gray, with a map near the top right corner. On the ground is a small round table with a doily, and the mantel is covered with personal items like framed photos, a clock, and flowers. A round mirror hangs to the right of the woman's head. The ground appears to be a gray carpet with thin stripes of black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.8 × 49.1 cm (13 5/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 41 × 50.8 cm (16 1/8 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.131.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Colin Jones, London; (Michael Hoppen Gallery, London); NGA purchase, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Colin Jones; upper center: VINTAGE; lower center: THE BLACK HOUSE / LONDON / 1973 - 1976; on recto, lower right embossed: PHOTOGRAPHED & PRINTED BY COLIN JONES; on verso, center left stamped in black ink: PHOTOGRAPHED / AND PRINTED / BY: / COLIN JONES / ©; center right: COLIN JONES ©; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 16511-CJ


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