Chicago, Illinois, from the series “The Black Trans-Atlantic Experience”
- Photographer
- Stephen Marc, American, born 1954
- Date
- 1988
- Material
- Gelatin silver print
- depicts
- Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 11 9/16 x 7 3/4 in. (29.4 x 19.7 cm)
sheet: 13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in. (35.4 x 27.6 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Minority Artists Purchase Fund
- Rights
- © Stephen Marc
- Object Number
- 28:1996
NOTES
In this photograph, time seems to stand still as a father playfully throws his child into the air. The child appears to hover in midair, an effect heightened by the prominent horizon line that divides the composition. The photograph was taken during a 10-year project in which photographer Stephen Marc traveled through the U.S., the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa, photographing the legacy of the slave trade.
Provenance
- 1996
Collection of the artist
1996 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the artist [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice from Stephen Marc dated May 2, 1996 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 16, 1996.
Collection of the artist
1996 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the artist [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice from Stephen Marc dated May 2, 1996 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 16, 1996.
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