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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1935 creation date earliest: 1930 creation date latest: 1940 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Harold Haliday Costain (American, 1897–1994) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: 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” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression opening date: 2017-08-13T04:00:00 From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES