Iron Latch, East Jamaica, Vermont

1943

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image depicts an old wooden door with horizontal planks, simple wooden latches, and hinges. The color palette consists of varying tones of gray and brown to indicate aged wood. The door is in the center, flanked by vertical wooden boards. The worn and dark hardware contrasts with the lighter wood, with a piece of iron hanging vertically on the right side. At the bottom left, foliage is visible.
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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, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 161

  • 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.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p.161, illus. p.161.

Inscriptions

upper center verso in green ink: Iron Latch, / East Jamaica, Vt / 1943 / Paul Strand-; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: NE-det-824 TIII; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: master; by later hand, upper right verso in black ink: #

Wikidata ID

Q64158691

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