Kenneth Josephson

Matthew
1965

A black and white photograph of a young child standing in front of a brick wall, holding a small photograph in front of their face, aligning it with their own head to create a playful illusion. The child is wearing a striped sleeveless outfit.

A black and white photograph of a young child standing in front of a brick wall, holding a small photograph in front of their face, aligning it with their own head to create a playful illusion. The child is wearing a striped sleeveless outfit.

Not on view

Date
1965

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm) Image: 7 13/16 × 12in. (19.8 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
2000.236

Edition
16/50

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/12865

Exhibitions

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002
Kenneth Josephson: A Retrospective

Feb 21–May 26, 2001

Kenneth Josephson
18 works in the collection

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