Name/Title
Von Neuman and PolkaEntry/Object ID
2022.58.15Description
An older man wearing a straw hat is adding touches to an easel painting while a younger man in a baseball cap looks on. The location is a meadow at Ox-Bow. Other art students are visible in the background.
Two stamps on the back of the photo identify the photographer as Joe Armstrong and the client the Saugatuck-Douglas Chamber of Commerce.
A pencil note says "John Polka - student, Von Neuman - Instructor"Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject
Ox-Bow art students at work, plein air, outdoors.Subject Person or Organization
Ox-Bow/Summer School of Art, Polka, John 1930-2006, Von Neumann, Robert 1888-1976Context
Publicity photo to promote Saugatuck's art sceneCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2022.58Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Box
026 Ox-Bow School of ArtCondition
Overall Condition
Very GoodCreate Date
August 2, 2022Update Date
November 19, 2023