Accession Number
2000/2.158.14A-B

Title
Photographs: The Early Works

Artist(s)
Joel Meyerowitz

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1968

Medium & Support
gelatin silver prints on paper, in portfolio

Dimensions
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);217 1/2 in x 22 1/8 in (552.45 cm x 56.2 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg

Label copy
Meyerowitz has the ability to convey the mysterious through unusual juxtapositions of the ordinary. A Cadillac in snow at an airport parking lot is elevated to something mystical by the presence of the Christmas star decoration glowing above it in the darkness. The incongruities of the car and star in the Kennedy Airport lot come together to create an unearthly image of hope.

For the exhibition New York Observed: The Mythology of the City
(July 13 – September 22, 2003)

Physical Description
The box and Title Page for Joel Meyerowitz's portfolio "Photographs: The Early Works".

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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