The White Fence

1916, printed 1920s

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image shows a white picket fence lining the foreground, with a barn and a house visible in the background. The barn has a diagonal cross pattern on the door, while the house has white walls and dark shutters. The photo is in black and white, emphasizing light and shadow contrasts.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1990.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. pp. 26-27.

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

2001

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, no. 81.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 157, illus. pp. 26-27.

1991

  • Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: pp. 294-299, illus. p. 295.

  • Gingold, Diane J., and Elizabeth A.C. Weil. The Corporate Patron. New York, 1991: 176, repro.

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 81.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower left in blue ink: Paul Strand; by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: The White Fence / Port Kent, New York 1916 / Paul Strand H.S.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: MEH.190; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 2 cykora ~ / 8 / 120 + 103; by Hazel Strand, center verso in graphite: no longer available

Wikidata ID

Q64158612

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