id:			291374
accession number:	2016.471
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.471
updated:		2023-01-11 23:32:00.990000

Advertisement: Set of China Dishes and Tea Cup, c. 1935. Harold Haliday Costain (American, 1897–1994). Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped; image: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.); paper: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.471

title:				Advertisement: Set of China Dishes and Tea Cup
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creation date:			c. 1935
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1940
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Harold Haliday Costain (American, 1897–1994)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: “©/HAROLD HALIDAY COSTAIN/PROFESSIONAL BLDG./SCARSDALE, N.Y., U.S.A./ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY”
Written in pencil on verso: “HHC-1182 2500”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression
	opening date:   2017-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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Operating studios in Manhattan and Scarsdale, New York, Costain specialized in advertising, architectural, and narrative photography. Like Paul Outerbridge and Ralph Steiner, he applied the modernist aesthetic to promoting American products and industries, with the goal of merging fine art and commercial photography. As did many photographers of his generation, he began by studying painting and drawing, evident in his carefully wrought compositions.
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