The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Untitled

Untitled

1966
(American, 1939-)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 31.9 x 21 cm (12 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Paper: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
Gift of Adam Sutner 1995.258
© Ralph Gibson
Location: not on view

Description

During the 1960s, Ralph Gibson worked as an assistant first to photographer Dorothea Lange and later to filmmaker and photographer Robert Frank. In the early 1970s, along with his colleagues Diane Arbus and Garry Winogrand, he became a prominent member of the New York photographic scene. With the publication of his "Black Trilogy" of books, The Somnambulist, Deja Vu, and Days at Sea, Gibson gained a reputation as a pioneer of the photo-sequence—the creation of a series of images that together convey a story or idea. He developed a signature high-contrast, black-and-white style that used photography in a metaphoric manner rather than as a documentary tool.
  • Adam Sutner, Ft. Lee, NJ
    March 4, 1996
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 182
  • The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 105, p. 122.
    CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled|url=false|author=Ralph Gibson|year=1966|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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