Man with Rings (Arthur Smith Jewelry)

1987

Coreen Simpson

(American, 1942-)

Culture

America

Medium

gelatin silver print

Measurements

Image: 25.8 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.8 x 20 cm (10 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

James Parmelee Fund 2023.116

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

This photograph presents the work of two Black artists working in different media: photographer Coreen Simpson and Arthur Smith, who designed the rings.

Description

Simpson, a freelance photographer who specialized in photojournalism and fashion photography, was one of the few female photographers regularly assigned to cover collection shows in Paris and New York. Smith (1917-1982) was one of the most important modernist jewelers of the mid-twentieth century (see 2019.36, 2019.37, and 2020.91). This image is a combination of fashion photography and portraiture: the personal style of the man is as arresting as Smith’s rings on his fingers.