Bowling Green, Virginia
1935
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.3 x 22.5 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Joyce and Robert B. Menschel
Accession Number
2003.7.1
Art Historical Context
Peter Sekaer's *Bowling Green, Virginia (1935) captures a poignant moment in rural America during the Great Depression. This gelatin silver print, measuring 18.3 x 22.5 cm, showcases Sekaer's skill in documentary photography, highlighting everyday life in small-town Virginia. As a Danish-born photographer who immigrated to the United States, Sekaer focused on the textures of American vernacular architecture and landscapes, evoking the era's social and economic struggles through stark, unadorned compositions. The gelatin silver print medium, a hallmark of early 20th-century photography, allowe...