Piet Mondrian
Artist
Arnold Newman
(American, 1918 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
Date1942
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (32.5 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Levitt
Object number85.142
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph. Mondrian is shown facing the viewer with his left wrist hanging limply over the crossbar of an easel.Label TextArnold Newman American, 1918–2006 Portrait of Piet Mondrian, 1942 Gelatin silver print Gift of Helen Levitt 85.142 Like Marvin Lazarus, Arnold Newman set out to document artists working in America, debuting his portraits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1945 with his exhibition Artists Look Like This. Many of these portraits were set in the artist’s studio with examples of their work. Together, Lazarus’s and Newman’s portfolios offered insight to the manners and modes of the twentieth century’s most important artists. Exhibition History"The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Jan. 26 - April 8, 1990. "Facing Ourselves: Mike Disfarmer and the American Portrait," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 16, 2022 - May 14, 2023.Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson. _The Portrait in America_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA. 1990: pp. 9, 47.
Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman
Arnold Newman
