The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Gordon Park, Cleveland; View Northwest
1997
(American, 1942-)
Image: 24.3 x 34.4 cm (9 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 45.1 x 52.7 cm (17 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
In 1997 internationally acclaimed landscape photographer Gohlke was commissioned by the George Gund Foundation to create a new body of work examining Lake Erie and its shoreline in Cuyahoga County. In pursuing his interest in documenting the fraught relationship between people and place, he recorded how living, working, and recreational spaces were carved out of the shoreline of this Great Lake. In this well-composed picture, he was attracted by a small slice of undisturbed landscape, ordinary in its unassuming makeup. The intimacy of shallow standing water is contrasted by the vast expanse of the lake, barely visible above the embankment. This image could be a visual metaphor for his description of Lake Erie: "It’s a pond one minute and an ocean the next."- Artist; George Gund Foundation Collection; Cleveland Museum of Art
- Friedlander, Lee, and John Szarkowski. A City Seen: Photographs from the George Gund Foundation Collection. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2002. p. 118
- Contemporary Landscape Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-August 14, 2011).A City Seen: Photographs from The George Gund Foundation Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 17, 2002-January 26, 2003).
- {{cite web|title=Gordon Park, Cleveland; View Northwest|url=false|author=Frank Gohlke|year=1997|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2008.77