Couple Under Umbrella, Tuileries
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.2 × 25.1 cm (9 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 39.37 × 30.16 cm (15 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)
Accession Number
2015.19.5231
Art Historical Context
In the serene expanse of Paris's Tuileries Gardens, Stettner's *Couple Under Umbrella Tuileries* (1997) captures a tender of intimacy amid urban bustle. This gelatin silver print, measuring nearly 10 inches square, showcases Stettner's mastery of street photography, a style he honed over decades documenting everyday life in both New York and Paris. A key figure in mid-20th-century humanist photography—alongside peers like Henri Cartier-Bresson—Stettner emphasized the poetry of ordinary people, freezing fleeting interactions that reveal deeper human connections. The gelatin silver print medium...