Untitled (Television)
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 7.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.) sheet: 8.9 × 6.4 cm (3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert E. Jackson, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
2015.135.7
Art Historical Context
"Untitled (Television)" is a captivating chromogenic print from 1973, created by an anonymous American artist of the 20th century. Captured in a diminutive image size of just 7.9 × 5.4 cm (3 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.), this intimate photograph zeroes in on a television screen, evoking the era's growing fascination with mass media. Chromogenic prints, which emerged in the mid-20th century, color photography by producing rich, stable hues through dye-coupling processes in the darkroom—a technique that brought vivid realism to everyday subjects like this one. In the context of 1970s America, television wa...
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,...