Corner of Balcony, Japan

Name/Title

Corner of Balcony, Japan

Entry/Object ID

2021.49

Description

Looking at the street below from a balcony. The image is turned upside down so you see the floor of the balcony at the top.

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 1970

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

Balconies

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

10-3/4 in