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7 Items in this Learning Collection
Irish Wolf Hound with Stick, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

Collection Object
Horsewoman, Ireland
This photograph depicts an elegantly dressed woman on top of a horse in a rural setting.
Collection Object
The Townsend—Donegal, Ireland 1965-66
This photograph depicts a view of a coastal landscape. A chain of stone walls and a few white houses dot the fields and the sunlight rakes through a cloudy sky.
Collection Object
Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland
This photograph depicts a view of a cobblestone alleyway. On opposite sides of the street stand an old woman and a young boy.
Collection Object
Untitled

Collection Object
A Sunset in Ireland
A river starts at the bottom of the composition, taking up the foreground, and then winds back into the middle of the composition. A tree on the left bank of the river hangs down over the edge, its leaves almost touching the water. Reflections of the trees and banks can be seen along the edges of the river. In the background is a more heavily wooded area, and some birds can be seen in the sky. One bird is located in the middle of the sky, while a cluster of faintly depicted birds can be seen on the right. The edges of the composition mostly fade into simple hatching and line work, especially along the banks of the river in the bottom corners of the page, and where the trees meet the edges of the page on the left and right.
Collection Object
Nightwalkers, Dublin, Ireland
This photograph depicts a view of a snowy street at night.  Meandering in opposites directions, a man and woman are walking their dogs.
Collection Object
7 Items in this Learning Collection
Irish Wolf Hound with Stick, from "Portfolio of 15 Photographs"

Collection Object
Horsewoman, Ireland
This photograph depicts an elegantly dressed woman on top of a horse in a rural setting.
Collection Object
The Townsend—Donegal, Ireland 1965-66
This photograph depicts a view of a coastal landscape. A chain of stone walls and a few white houses dot the fields and the sunlight rakes through a cloudy sky.
Collection Object
Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland
This photograph depicts a view of a cobblestone alleyway. On opposite sides of the street stand an old woman and a young boy.
Collection Object
Untitled

Collection Object
A Sunset in Ireland
A river starts at the bottom of the composition, taking up the foreground, and then winds back into the middle of the composition. A tree on the left bank of the river hangs down over the edge, its leaves almost touching the water. Reflections of the trees and banks can be seen along the edges of the river. In the background is a more heavily wooded area, and some birds can be seen in the sky. One bird is located in the middle of the sky, while a cluster of faintly depicted birds can be seen on the right. The edges of the composition mostly fade into simple hatching and line work, especially along the banks of the river in the bottom corners of the page, and where the trees meet the edges of the page on the left and right.
Collection Object
Nightwalkers, Dublin, Ireland
This photograph depicts a view of a snowy street at night.  Meandering in opposites directions, a man and woman are walking their dogs.
Collection Object

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Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland

Accession Number
1981/2.168.9

Title
Watching—A Street Scene, Dublin, Ireland

Artist(s)
Alen MacWeeney

Object Creation Date
1965-1966, printed 1979

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
19 13/16 in x 15 15/16 in (50.4 cm x 40.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Carl W. Melcher

Subject matter
This photograph depicts a street scene in the Irish city of Dublin. Centrally composed, it shows a view of an alleyway street, paved with cobblestones and lined with low, two-story apartments. The street isn’t long, it terminates at a shadowed wall three doors down. On opposite sides of the alley stand an old woman and a young boy. They stare at one another, the woman slightly stooped forward, the young boy apprehensively standing contrapposto. The photograph appears to have been created at the moment of some interaction between the two, as if in the gap between sentences. The parallel lines created by the street and rooftops create an arena-like symmetry, and heightens the tension of the scene, enhancing the moment of anticipation between the two figures.

Physical Description
This photograph depicts a view of a cobblestone alleyway. On opposite sides of the street stand an old woman and a young boy.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Ireland
Irish
alleys
alleys (streets)
buildings
buildings (structures)
children (people by age group)
cobble
modern and contemporary art
standing
street scenes
streets
urban environments
walking
women (female humans)

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Social Justice and Art 1946-1968
(Part of 4 Learning Collections)

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