The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 24, 2025
Boys
1989
(American, b. 1955)
Image: 32.8 x 46.8 cm (12 15/16 x 18 7/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 x 50.5 cm (15 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
Location: Not on view
Description
A native of Cleveland, Lisa Klausner won the special award for graphics with this work in the museum's regional juried exhibition, The May Show. The dramatically hand-colored image of boys on a river is dominated by the figure in the foreground. He looks down toward another youth, who uses a pole to guide his boat, as another child swims nearby. Klausner effectively used shadow, light, and line to add interest and movement to the composition. The darkened profile of the onlooker prevents the viewer from clearly seeing his expression. Nevertheless, the photograph emits the feeling of sadness one often experiences when excluded from an activity.- Hinson, Tom E. "The 1990 May Show: April 4 through May 27 Seventy-First Annual Exhibition by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 4 (1990): 114-43. Reproduced: p. 130; Mentioned: p. 119, 141 www.jstor.orgLisa Klausner Entry Card to 1990 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.orgCleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 216
- Looking at Children: Photographs from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 20-December 4, 2002).CMA, July 20 - December 4, 2002; "Looking at Children". No catalogThe May Show: 71st Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists and Craftsmen of the Western Reserve. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4-May 27, 1990).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.66