Joel Meyerowitz (1938) - Man asleep on a blanket with tihy telephone
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Joel Meyerowitz’s C-print *Man asleep on a blanket with tihy telephone* was printed in 1998.
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Joel Meyerowitz (1938), Man asleep on blanket with tiny telephone, New Jersey, 1965.
C-print, 14,5 x 10 cm,. Framed and mounted in a passe-partout 34 x 27,5 cm. Verso with a copy of the background of the photograph, signature and title, which was published by Magnum.
Transcription of the text: “In the early 1960s, the transistor radio became a popular
way of playing music, news, and programs. Within a
couple of years, the shape of the radios morphed from a
small rectangle to looking like cigarette boxes, bowling
balls, sci-fi blobs, and other corny and kitschy forms.
While out for a walk along the Hudson River in Palisades
Park, I came across this sleeping beauty—in the middle of
the path no less—with the sounds of the top ten squeaking
out of his telephone-shaped radio. Such innocence!”
— Joel Meyerowitz
Condition: Very good.
Provenance: Private collection, Berlin.
About
Magnum Photos was founded in 1947 by the photographers Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David Seymour, and is among the most significant international photo agencies of the 20th and 21st centuries. The cooperatively organized agency, with its members, profoundly shaped the history of documentary, journalistic, and artistic photography and to this day represents numerous internationally renowned photographers.
Man asleep on blanket with tiny telephone, New Jersey. 1965.
Joel Meyerowitz (1938), Man asleep on blanket with tiny telephone, New Jersey, 1965.
C-print, 14,5 x 10 cm,. Framed and mounted in a passe-partout 34 x 27,5 cm. Verso with a copy of the background of the photograph, signature and title, which was published by Magnum.
Transcription of the text: “In the early 1960s, the transistor radio became a popular
way of playing music, news, and programs. Within a
couple of years, the shape of the radios morphed from a
small rectangle to looking like cigarette boxes, bowling
balls, sci-fi blobs, and other corny and kitschy forms.
While out for a walk along the Hudson River in Palisades
Park, I came across this sleeping beauty—in the middle of
the path no less—with the sounds of the top ten squeaking
out of his telephone-shaped radio. Such innocence!”
— Joel Meyerowitz
Condition: Very good.
Provenance: Private collection, Berlin.
About
Magnum Photos was founded in 1947 by the photographers Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger and David Seymour, and is among the most significant international photo agencies of the 20th and 21st centuries. The cooperatively organized agency, with its members, profoundly shaped the history of documentary, journalistic, and artistic photography and to this day represents numerous internationally renowned photographers.
Man asleep on blanket with tiny telephone, New Jersey. 1965.
Details
Date of print
1998
Artist
Joel Meyerowitz (1938)
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Title of artwork
Man asleep on a blanket with tihy telephone
Condition
Good condition
Technique
C-Print
Height
14.5 cm
Width
10 cm
Signature
Plate signed
Genre
Documentary photography
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