The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Utah

Utah

1964
(American, 1928–1984)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23 x 34.1 cm (9 1/16 x 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Gift of Elizabeth and Frederick Myers 1984.195.3
Location: not on view

Description

Intuition and luck were paramount for Garry Winogrand's exceptional photographs. Rather than meticulously framing his compositions, Winogrand would snap thousands of photographs before settling on the few that he found unfamiliar, mysterious, or compelling. This image, taken while Winogrand toured the United States on a Guggenheim fellowship, demonstrates this element of chance in his work. In Utah he happened upon an unsettling interaction between man and beast. A cow tripped in front of Winogrand’s automobile, allowing the photographer to place the viewer at his vantage point: in the driver’s seat, anxiously anticipating the next few traumatic moments, without the ability to brake or swerve.
  • Elizabeth and Frederick Myers
    January 21, 1985
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 398
  • Main gallery rotation (gallery 229A): October 19, 2015 - April 11, 2016.
    Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue.
  • {{cite web|title=Utah|url=false|author=Garry Winogrand, Hyperion Press Ltd.|year=1964|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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