Nancy

Artist Emmet Gowin (American, born 1941)

CultureAmerican

Date1969

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (13.7 × 17.5 cm)
Overall: 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.6 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchased with funds made available by the Virginia Commission for the Arts

Object number81.66

Not on view

Label TextEmmet Gowin American (b. 1941) Nancy, 1969 Gelatin-silver print Purchase, Virginia Commission for the Arts Grant 81.66 Emmet Gowin's extended series of introspective, ethereal portraits of his wife and children provides an intimate, yet public view of private experiences. Having studied with Harry Callahan at the Rhode Island School of Design in the mid-1960s, Gowin proceeded to employ wide-angle lenses and expressive prints to dramatically enhance straight photographic descriptions of his subjects. A native of Virginia, Gowin's first important photographs were made in Danville. In addition to his black-and-white family work, Gowin has also explored color imagery with Polaroid films and has worked extensively with the landscape. The Chrysler collection includes five Gowin photographs. In cooperation with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Chrysler organized a small traveling Gowin exhibition in 1992. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"Contemporary Photography Exhibit," The Chrysler Museum, September 1984. "Gowin/Levinson Exhibit," The Chrysler Museum, February 1985. "Photographs from The Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Feb. 26 - April 23, 1989. "The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 8; 56, ill.