Untitled (Cowboy and Rearing Horse)
Artist
David Levinthal
(American, born 1949)
Date1993
MediumDye diffusion print
DimensionsImage: 24 × 19 in. (61 × 48.3 cm)
Support: 31 1/2 × 22 in. (80 × 55.9 cm)
Mat: 32 × 26 1/2 in. (81.3 × 67.3 cm)
Support: 31 1/2 × 22 in. (80 × 55.9 cm)
Mat: 32 × 26 1/2 in. (81.3 × 67.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Bobbie Foshay, 2017
Object number2017.24.21
DescriptionUnfocused view of a light-colored horse rearing up on its hind legs in middle ground with a figure dressed in a dark-colored cowboy hat holding loops of rope in both hands. Mottled blue and white sky above.eMuseum Notes
David
Levinthal uses toy soldiers and other figurines to construct tableaus that
often address serious subject matter and major cultural mythologies. In this
photograph of a lone cowboy and horse, from his series “Wild West,” he examines
the topic of the mythic western hero. His use of plastic toys coupled with techniques of lighting and focus results in
images that play with our perceptions and push against the believability of the
photograph.
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
- landscape architecture
- west
- myths
- iconology
- heroes
- horses
- lariats
- construction
