If God is Dead… van

Name/Title

If God is Dead… van

Entry/Object ID

2021.33

Description

Back of a van with the words "If God is dead where is "his" body" written on the back. Three chairs and other various furniture items are sitting on the street in from of the van.

Context

Lerner’s series of photography focused on capturing the “eye”, of which there are a few representations in this selection, create associations between seeing and looking, as both photographer and subject from Chicago to New York and even Tokyo. His experimentations with light box photography is represented in some of the light “bird” photographs and abstractions or overlays and double exposures of bodies. And, his 1930s representations of immigrants to Chicago are also represented amongst this set.

Acquisition

Accession

2021.29-49

Source or Donor

Thomas Wilson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling

Made/Created

Artist

Lerner, Nathan

Date made

circa 1930

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Street markets

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

12-3/4 in