id: 165174 accession number: 2007.17 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.17 updated: 2022-01-04 17:39:51.202000 Athens, Georgia, 1996. Mark Steinmetz (American, b. 1961). Gelatin silver print; image: 30.4 x 41.9 cm (11 15/16 x 16 1/2 in.); paper: 40.7 x 50.9 cm (16 x 20 1/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography 2007.17 title: Athens, Georgia title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1996 creation date earliest: 1996 creation date latest: 1996 current location: creditline: Gift of Friends of Photography copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Mark Steinmetz (American, b. 1961) - artist --- measurements: Image: 30.4 x 41.9 cm (11 15/16 x 16 1/2 in.); Paper: 40.7 x 50.9 cm (16 x 20 1/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "3/19/97/154 Mark Steinmetz Athens Georgia 1996 ed. 25/30" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present opening date: 2009-06-01T00:00:00 Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: During the past two decades, Steinmetz has documented—with a cinematic sensibility—young people in the American South. His spare, monochromatic images chronicle the fleeting quality of adolescence in a manner in which time appears to have stopped. In this nocturnal scene, he tenderly recorded a girl resting on a parked car and surrounded by a familiar still life of soft drinks and cigarettes. This vignette has been played out continuously since the 1950s in towns all across America and made iconic by Hollywood movies. Gift of Friends of Photography 2007.17 --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES