The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

The Kitchen Table

The Kitchen Table

1935
(American, 1896–1958)
America, 20th century
assembly process color print (three-color carbro process)
Image: 30 x 39.3 cm (11 13/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Paper: 30.1 x 42.5 cm (11 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph S. Allen 1942.1164
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The gray scale at the bottom, intended to help printers in color matching, would not have been visible in the printed reproduction of the image.

Description

A gift of six color images by Outerbridge was the second group of photographs to enter the museum’s fine art collection. Supporting himself as an advertising photographer and graphic designer, he began experimenting with color photography and printing in 1929, when the processes were still very unstable and arcane. Outerbridge preferred the vivid hues and permanence of the dauntingly complex carbro process, which produced color prints from black-and-white negatives.
  • Chassey, Eric de. Made in USA: l'art américain, 1908-1947 : Bordeaux, Musée des beaux-arts, 10 octobre-31 décembre 2001, Renne, Musée des beaux-arts, 18 janvier-31 mars 2002, Montpellier, Musée Fabre, 12 avril-23 juin 2001. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. repr. p. 140
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 265
  • From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).
    Paul Outerbridge: Command Performance. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (March 31-August 9, 2009).
    Made in U.S.A., l'art américain, 1908-1943, entre nationalisme et internationalisme [FRAME]. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France (organizer) (October 5-December 31, 2001); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (January 17-March 31, 2002); Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (April 10-June 25, 2002).
    CMA, July 10 - August 19, 1990: "The Camera," no exhibition catalogue.
    The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).
    CMA, January 24 - April 9, 1989: "The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art," folder 191.89.
    Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Nov. 21 - Jan. 10, 1982: "Paul Outerbridge: A Singular Aesthetic: Photographs & Drawings, 1921-1941: A Catalogue Raisonné," catalogue no. 445.
  • {{cite web|title=The Kitchen Table|url=false|author=Paul Outerbridge|year=1935|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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