id: 153661
accession number: 1987.184
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.184
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:00.922000
Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1974. George A. Tice (American, 1938-). Gelatin silver print, selenium toned; image: 26.5 x 33.7 cm (10 7/16 x 13 1/4 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Gail Schaffer Berg in memory of her father, Harry Schaffer 1987.184
title: Petit's Mobil Station, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1974
creation date earliest: 1974
creation date latest: 1974
current location:
creditline: Gift of Gail Schaffer Berg in memory of her father, Harry Schaffer
copyright:
---
culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print, selenium toned
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1951-Present
type: Photograph
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
* George A. Tice (American, 1938-) - artist
George A. Tice American, 1938-
Self-taught in photography, George Andrew Tice came to national recognition in 1959 when Edward Steichen, then director of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, bought Tice's image of an explosion aboard the U.S.S. Wasp for the museum's collection. The exchange began a mentor/protégé relationship between the two men that would last for several years.
Although assigning a particular style or theme to Tice's straight black-and-white photographs is difficult, a continued interest in the vernacular landscape and history of small-town and city life is evident. His study of Paterson, New Jersey, reveals his fascination with urban icons, often printed in low-key tonal ranges to evoke mood. Projects addressing these themes have included Urban Landscapes: A New Jersey Portrait (1975), Seacoast Maine: People and Places (1973), Lincoln (1984), Hometowns, An American Pilgrimage (1988), and Stone Walls, Grey Skies: A Vision of Yorkshire (1991).
Tice also finds inspiration in individuals who retain strong ties to their communities. His portraits of the Amish in Fields of Peace: A Pennsylvania-German Album (1970) and his extended essay on Artie Van Blarcum (1977) reflect these concerns. In 1994 Tice began work on Ticetown, a project that has involved tracing his Dutch ancestors, who arrived in New York in 1663 and then migrated to New Jersey.
Tice (born in Newark, New Jersey) studied commercial photography at Newark Vocational and Technical High School (1955). He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1973) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1973), and a joint fellowship from England's National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television/Bradford and Ilkley Community College (1990-91). Tice lives in Iselin, New Jersey. A.W.
---
measurements: Image: 26.5 x 33.7 cm (10 7/16 x 13 1/4 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
state of the work:
edition of the work:
support materials:
inscriptions:
inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "George A. Tice [signed]"; in pencil on verso: "PETIT'S MOBIL STATION, CHERRY Hill, N.J. 1974 PRINT: 1/18/82 GALERIE / SELENIUM"
translation:
remark:
---
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1987
opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, February 24 - April 17, 1988: "Year in Review 1987," CMA Bulletin, 75 (February 1988), p. 67, no. 94.', 'opening_date': '1988-02-24T00:00:00'}
---
PROVENANCE
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
---
CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 359
url:
---
IMAGES