id: 159032
accession number: 1995.238
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.238
updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:28.214000
Composition with Crow and Chair, c. 1939. Leslie Gill (American, 1908–1958). Gelatin silver print; image: 34.3 x 25.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.238
title: Composition with Crow and Chair
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creation date: c. 1939
creation date earliest: 1934
creation date latest: 1943
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Leslie Gill (American, 1908–1958) - artist
Leslie Gill American, 1908-1958 Leslie Gill, one of the most influential American still-life photographers, was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Originally interested in painting, he studied with Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1929. Three years later he took a job in New York City as art director for House Beautiful, where he began to use photographs as an aid in his work, often taking them himself. These photographic experiments led him to leave the magazine in 1935 to open his own studio. Among Gill's clients was Harper's Bazaar, one of the many fashion magazines that had begun using photographic illustrations in the 1920s. He soon became known for his sharply focused, beautifully composed still-life and fashion images that appeared in issue after issue of Bazaar. His compelling and elegant work was greatly admired by many younger photographers, including Irving Penn. Except for a brief period during World War II when he interrupted his career to work for the U.S. Office of War Information, Gill continued to photograph for Bazaar and other New York magazines until his death. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 34.3 x 25.6 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Title [underlined]: / Composition with Crow and Chair #23 Plate 41 / c. 1939"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art
opening date: 2004-07-24T00:00:00
Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2004-07-24T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 185
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