David Hare

Artist Arnold Newman (American, 1918 - 2006)

CultureAmerican

Date1952

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Levitt

Object number85.145

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print.

Label TextArnold Newman American (b. 1918) Portrait of David Hare, 1952 Gelatin-silver print Gift of Helen Levitt 85.145 Arnold Newman has photographed numerous faces of people who took part in shaping the 20th century. While his subjects predominantly were artists, Newman portrayed notables of many different trades. Newman refined the concept of "environmental portraits," situating the sitter within his or her private or professional environment for the photograph. Deliberately using the props and space of the individual, Newman's work is simultaneously documentary and symbolic. The attempt is to allude to truths about the sitter and to convey his own impressions of the individual. In this portrait of the artist David Hare (1917-1992), Newman has stripped him down to a minimal setting and composition. Hare, best known for his work in Surrealism and Dada worked with color photography in the 1930s. Among his many exhibitions was a solo show at the Julien Levy gallery in 1940. The Chrysler collection includes ten of Newman's portraits. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"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. "Facing Ourselves: Mike Disfarmer and the American Portrait," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 16, 2022 - May 14, 2023.