Chris Killip
Youth on Wall, Jarrow, Tyneside, UK

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Artist Chris Killip (British, 1946–2020)British, 1946–2020

CultureBritish

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Youth on Wall, Jarrow, Tyneside, UK

Date1976, printed 1988

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 10 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (27.6 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.4 × 50.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mark L. Tompkins, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1435

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionIn
his monograph of Chris Killip, Gerry Badger notes the telling power in a pair
of boots: “Known as ‘bovver’ boots, they are by turns both menacing and
pathetic, symbolizing at once the aggression and vulnerability of youth.” This
photograph, along with the others also published in Killip’s 1988 book In Flagrante, offer keen insight into
the impact of deindustrialization on Northern England during Margaret
Thatcher’s terms as Prime Minister.
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Manfred Heiting, October 22, 1985; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"British Photography from the Thatcher Years", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1990.

"Public Dress," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 19 June - 8 October, 2012.

“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated in pencil, verso: Chris Killip 1988

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