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Red Ragtop car, Mercedes Coupe, West Village, 1974

Photograph
1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Clay was among the first photographers in the mid-1970s to embrace colour photography as an artistic medium. Fascinated by the different colours and light sources in the urban night, he shot a series of photographs documenting parked cars on the streets of New York and New Jersey. He was drawn to the gleaming metal and glass of cars, iridescent in the artificial lighting of the nocturnal city, as well as the way that they interacted with the surrounding architecture.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRed Ragtop car, Mercedes Coupe, West Village, 1974 (published title)
Materials and techniques
C-type print
Brief description
Photograph by Langdon Clay, 'Red Ragtop car, Mercedes Coupe, West Village', from the series 'Cars', 1974, c-type print
Physical description
Photograph of a red topped car parked beside a sidewalk. There are rubbish bins on the sidewalk.
Dimensions
  • Width: 342mm
  • Height: 231mm
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Clay was among the first photographers in the mid-1970s to embrace colour photography as an artistic medium. Fascinated by the different colours and light sources in the urban night, he shot a series of photographs documenting parked cars on the streets of New York and New Jersey. He was drawn to the gleaming metal and glass of cars, iridescent in the artificial lighting of the nocturnal city, as well as the way that they interacted with the surrounding architecture.
Collection
Accession number
PH.350-1978

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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