id:			442281
accession number:	2021.138
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.138
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:34.745000

Invisible Man: Untitled, c.1980. Shawn Walker (American, b. 1940). Gelatin silver print; image: 40.8 x 31 cm (16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); paper: 50.3 x 40.3 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2021.138

title:				Untitled
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series:				Invisible Man
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creation date:			c.1980
creation date earliest:		1975
creation date latest:		1985
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creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Shawn Walker (American, b. 1940)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 40.8 x 31 cm (16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 x 40.3 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Harlem 1980s Shawn Walker (signed) © SW153”
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Shawn Walker (the artist) [1940-]
	date: 1980-2021
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	(Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY)
	date: 2021
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 13, 2021
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fun fact:
In addition to being the title of Shawn Walker’s series of photographs, <em>Invisible Man</em> is the title of an award-winning 1952 novel by African American author Ralph Ellison.

digital description:
This self-portrait gives us little idea of the photographer’s features other than his braids since we see only Walker’s silhouette reflected in a streaky window. The photographer looks at his own reflection and, simultaneously, directly at us. Walker has said, “I look into the intersections of dark and light, into the shadows that grow the seeds of existence.”

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