Protest (Photomontage)
Artist
Barbara Morgan
(American, 1900-1992)
CultureAmerican
Date1940, printed before 1992
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 17 11/16 × 13 13/16 in. (44.9 × 35.1 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 26 × 22 in. (66 × 55.9 cm)
Overall, Paper: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 26 × 22 in. (66 × 55.9 cm)
InscribedSigned in ink at right in lower margin: "Barbara Morgan - 1940"
Credit LineGift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan
Object number2007.22.7
Not on view
DescriptionThis gelatin silver print is of a photomontage. The image is of a crowd of people who are tiny in comparison with a giant male from the waist down with his leg extended over top of the people like he will walk on them.Label TextBarbara Morgan American (1900–1992) Protest (Photomontage), 1940 Gelatin-silver print, printed before 1992 Gift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan 2007.22.7ProvenanceLloyd and Janet Morgan [managers of the Barbara Morgan archive], Hastings-on-Hudson, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Lloyd and Janet Morgan, 2008 Exhibition History"Barbara Morgan Photographs," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 1985 - January 1986. A print of this photograph "Remix: A Fresh Look At Our Modern And Contemporary Art Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 2, 2011 - March 17, 2012.Published ReferencesIntro by Peter Bunnell, _Barbara Morgan_ (Hastings-on-Hudson: Morgan & Morgan, 1972). A print of this photograph Barbara Morgan, _Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs_ (New York: Morgan & Morgan, Inc.; 1st rev.ed. edition, 1980) ISBN: 978-0871001764 A print of this photograph.
