Image

Dave Heath

Kansas City

Description

Maker

Dave Heath (American, 1931-2016)

Title

Kansas City

Year

1967

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 18.5 x 27.3 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

inscribed in pen, UL border: "Kansas City March 1967"; inscribed in pen LL border: "4/5 April 1968"; signed in pen LR border

Identification

Edition

4/5

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Smith Glasson

Object Number

2013.56

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

In Dave Heath’s picture from Kansas City, three young women gaze forward gloomily in spite of the new purchases they hold. In the image taken in New York, a girl looks anxiously upward, alone in a field of black.

These photographs exemplify Heath’s street photography, in which he examined the human psyche within the context of urban public spaces. Traveling throughout America, he caught individuals as they went about their daily lives, emphasizing a sense of solitude and isolation. Despite this melancholic tone, Heath saw his work as life affirming, revealing an “acceptance of life’s tragic aspects.”

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Dave Heath (American, 1931-2016)
Kansas City, 1967
Gelatin silver print
Image: 18.5 x 27.3 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/4 inches)
Gift of Smith Glasson 2013.56

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