Untitled (Boy with lightbulbs)

1960s

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

The image shows a young man from the waist up, centered in the frame. He is holding a light bulb in each hand, which are raised at shoulder height. He has short, dark hair neatly combed and a neutral expression on his face. The young man is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and a dark tie. The background is a textured, somewhat abstract mix of pale and dark tones, giving a vintage or artistic effect, but it is otherwise simple and unadorned.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    diffusion transfer print (Polaroid)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert E. Jackson

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.2 x 9.7 cm (2 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 8.1 x 10.4 cm (3 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.4.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert E. Jackson, Seattle; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888-1978: From the Collection of Robert E. Jackson, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2007 - 2008, no. 225.

Inscriptions

on verso, across top printed in blue ink: POLAROID N968216; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: 78; upper right in graphite: 01206

Wikidata ID

Q64144112

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