Ralston Crawford

(New Orleans Cemetery)
1959, printed c.1960–1978

Black and white photograph showing a rustic outdoor scene with a watering can placed on a stone step next to a potted plant with large fronds. The strong sunlight casts sharp shadows of the objects onto the wall and ground, highlighting their contours. The background features the textured wall of a building with a visible corner edge, and the ground appears to be a mix of dirt and sparse grass.
Black and white photograph showing a rustic outdoor scene with a watering can placed on a stone step next to a potted plant with large fronds. The strong sunlight casts sharp shadows of the objects onto the wall and ground, highlighting their contours. The background features the textured wall of a building with a visible corner edge, and the ground appears to be a mix of dirt and sparse grass.

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Date
1959, printed c.1960–1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8in. (20.2 × 25.1 cm) Image: 6 3/8 × 9 7/16in. (16.2 × 24 cm)

Accession number
2009.117

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchased jointly by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, with funds from the Photography Committee and Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla; and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Rights and reproductions
© Ralston Crawford Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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