Untitled (Boy in living room with football)
December 1964
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 8 × 8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.) sheet: 9 × 8.8 cm (3 9/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.259
Art Historical Context
Step into a cozy slice of mid-1960s American with *Untitled (Boy in living with football)*, a silver print captured in December 1964 by an anonymous American photographer. This intimate 8 × 8 cm image depicts a young boy in a domestic setting, clutching a football amid the familiar clutter of a living room. small scale invites close viewing, evoking the candid snapshot aesthetic that defined much of postwar vernacular photography, where everyday moments gained quiet artistry. Gelatin silver prints, popular through the 20th century, offered rich tonal range and sharp detail in black-and-white,...
About the Artist
American 20th Century
"American 20th Century" is the designation used by major institutions such as the National Gallery of Art (NGA) for anonymous and unidentified artists active in the United States during the twentieth century. The artist's personal identity, early life, and training remain undocumented, reflecting the challenges of attribution for unattributed works from this era. No specific teachers, art schools,...