Artist
David Levinthal (American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled
Date1989
MediumDye diffusion transfer print
DimensionsImage: 24 1/4 × 21 in. (61.6 × 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 30 3/4 × 22 1/16 in. (78.1 × 56 cm)
Frame: 37 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 2 in. (94.3 × 79.1 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet: 30 3/4 × 22 1/16 in. (78.1 × 56 cm)
Frame: 37 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 2 in. (94.3 × 79.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number89.374
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
David Levinthal photographs
miniature toy figurines with a 20˝ x 24˝ Polaroid instant camera in order to
explore our collective visual iconography. In this staged photograph he is
conscious of how the West and the cowboy are represented and romanticized in
western movies, television programs, and dime-store novels.
Provenance[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
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