Untitled (Man by Window)
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 60.96 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.) framed: 67.63 × 57.47 × 3.81 cm (26 5/8 × 22 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of The Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, Washington DC)
Accession Number
2015.19.5240
Art Historical Context
**Untitled (Man by Window)**, a 1999 chromogenic print by British artist Sam Taylor-Johnson, captures a quiet, introspective moment of a man silhouetted against a window. Measuring 60.96 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.), this photograph exemplifies Taylor-Johnson's early career focus on human presence and emotional nuance, often rendered in stark, contemplative compositions. The descriptive title invites viewers to ponder the figure's solitude, evoking themes of isolation or quiet reflection common in late-20th-century photography. Chromogenic prints, like this one, revolutionized color photography in...