The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Advertisement: Set of China Dishes and Tea Cup
c. 1935
(American, 1897–1994)
Image: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.471
Location: not on view
Description
Operating studios in Manhattan and Scarsdale, New York, Costain specialized in advertising, architectural, and narrative photography. Like Paul Outerbridge and Ralph Steiner, he applied the modernist aesthetic to promoting American products and industries, with the goal of merging fine art and commercial photography. As did many photographers of his generation, he began by studying painting and drawing, evident in his carefully wrought compositions.- From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-December 31, 2017).
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