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Photographs: The Early Works

Joel Meyerowitz

Artwork Details

Photographs: The Early Works
1968
Joel Meyerowitz
gelatin silver prints on paper, in portfolio
11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm); ; ;217 1/2 in x 22 1/8 in (552.45 cm x 56.2 cm)
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg
2000/2.158.14A-B

Description

Meyerowitz has the ability to convey the mysterious through unusual juxtapositions of the ordinary. A Cadillac in snow at an airport parking lot is elevated to something mystical by the presence of the Christmas star decoration glowing above it in the darkness. The incongruities of the car and star in the Kennedy Airport lot come together to create an unearthly image of hope.

For the exhibition New York Observed: The Mythology of the City
(July 13 – September 22, 2003)

Physical Description:

The box and Title Page for Joel Meyerowitz's portfolio "Photographs: The Early Works".

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