Ralston Crawford

Madrid
1967

A black and white photograph capturing a moment on a city street where a sharply dressed man in a suit and tie walks past a large, framed portrait of a woman with an updo hairstyle. The man appears in profile, and his reflection is visible in the glass door next to the portrait. The contrast between the real-life person and the illustrated portrait creates a striking visual juxtaposition.
A black and white photograph capturing a moment on a city street where a sharply dressed man in a suit and tie walks past a large, framed portrait of a woman with an updo hairstyle. The man appears in profile, and his reflection is visible in the glass door next to the portrait. The contrast between the real-life person and the illustrated portrait creates a striking visual juxtaposition.

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Date
1967

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm) Image: 13 7/16 × 9 1/4in. (34.1 × 23.5 cm)

Accession number
2009.120

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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