Untitled
2009-2011
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View on museum website →Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 32.4 × 21.6 cm (12 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.) sheet: 48.3 × 33 cm (19 × 13 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Timothy and Suzanne Hyde
Accession Number
2017.164.2.13
Art Historical Context
This untitled inkjet print by John Gossage, created between 2009 and 2011, represents a thoughtful example of contemporary photography. Gossage, a noted figure in modern photographic practice, often explores subtle interactions between place, memory, and the passage of time. The work’s modest scale—measuring just over 12 by 8 inches in the image area—invites close, intimate viewing, encouraging visitors to linger over its quiet details. Inkjet printing, the medium employed here, became increasingly important in fine-art photography during the early twenty-first century. It allowed artists to ...
About the Artist
John Gossage
John Gossage was born in Staten Island, New York City in 1946, and his path into photography was unconventional: he left school at sixteen to pursue private instruction from three giants of mid-twentieth-century photography — Lisette Model, Alexey Brodovitch, and Bruce Davidson. This early, intensive mentorship shaped a deeply personal and intellectually rigorous practice. Gossage later relocated ...