The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 31, 2026

A square, soft-focus photograph captures a two-story house with light siding angled toward the right. On the left, a two-level porch features a white railing above lattice-work. To the right, the facade includes several rectangular windows and a circular window near the peaked roofline. The edges and roof are heavily blurred, with dark vignetting framing the composition.

House with Melting Roof, Pomeroy, Ohio

1971

Nancy Rexroth

(American, 1946-)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 10.3 x 10.5 cm (4 1/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Paper: 20 x 25.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 in.); Matted: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.); Framed: 44.8 x 37.1 x 3.2 cm (17 5/8 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Gift of Sharon & Del Zogg 2024.21
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Nancy Rexroth took this image with a plastic toy camera, the Diana, which imparts a dreamy look to its photographs.

Description

The Diana camera tends to vignette the scenes, darkening their edges, and offers a uniformly soft focus. In the 1970s, Ohio artist Nancy Rexroth used it to photograph the humble frame houses, rural landscapes, and homey interiors of southeastern Ohio. She sought subjective, rather than, objective or documentary images. Her goal, she said, was to portray “my own private landscape, a state of mind.”
  • 1971–2000
    Nancy Rexroth (the artist) [1946–], sold to Del Zogg, Concord, NC
    2000–24
    Del Zogg, Concord, NC, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    February 26, 2024–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.21