Midi-Libre, France

1951

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

This is a photograph of a building facade covered with various newspaper advertisements. The image captures a section of a building with its walls plastered with large, bold advertisements for different newspapers such as "Midi Libre," "La Marseillaise," and "Le Méridional." Below the advertisements, a motorbike is parked in front of an open doorway that leads into a darkened interior space. The windows of the building have shutters, some of which are partially opened. The scene is stark with shadows hinting at the time of day.
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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. 162, illus. p. 113

  • 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. 162, illus. p. 113

Inscriptions

on center verso in black ink: Paul Strand / France - 1950; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: FR-DET-1094 T.1

Wikidata ID

Q64158705

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