id:			159941
accession number:	1997.214
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.214
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:33.399000

Portrait of Philip Johnson, 1959. Arnold Newman (American, 1918–2006). Gelatin silver print; image: 22.7 x 18.1 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey 1997.214

title:				Portrait of Philip Johnson
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creation date:			1959
creation date earliest:		1959
creation date latest:		1959
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. John B. Dempsey
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Arnold Newman (American, 1918–2006)  - artist
Arnold Newman American, 1918- Arnold Newman, recognized as one of the foremost portrait photographers of the 20th century, is known especially for developing the "environmental portrait", which places subjects within their own personal spaces, rather than inside the photographer's studio. Initially interested in painting, Newman spent two years studying art at the University of Miami (1936-38) before financial problems led him to take a job in a photographic portrait studio in Philadelphia. He then managed a commercial portrait studio in Florida. Inspired by the social documentary work of the era's Farm Security Administration photographers, Newman began to photograph in the poorer sections of West Palm Beach. In 1941 his photographs and those of his friend Ben Rose were exhibited at the AD gallery in New York City. That same year Newman began making portraits of artists in New York, images that were featured in a one-person show at the Brooklyn Museum (December 1941-January 1942). In 1942 Newman opened his own studio in Miami Beach and continued photographing artists during visits to New York. Three years later the Philadelphia Museum of Art organized a traveling exhibition of these portraits, Artists Look Like This. In 1946 Newman left Florida for New York City, establishing himself as a commercial photographer. He began taking pictures for Harper's Bazaar, Life, and Fortune magazines and by the 1950s was also receiving assignments from Holiday. In the 1950s-60s he continued his portrait series of artists and also photographed such well-known political figures as Dwight Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon for Life and Holiday. Newman often traveled abroad, producing a number of photo essays for Holiday and other publications. His work has been featured in many exhibitions, including Arnold Newman: Five Decades, organized by the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego (1986), and Arnold Newman's Americans, at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1992), both accompanied by exhibition catalogues. Newman lives in New York. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 22.7 x 18.1 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "Arnold Newman [signed]"
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