About this artwork
A student and later a faculty member at the Institute of Design, where he taught on and off for three decades, Arthur Siegel was known for photographs that combined avant-garde experimentalism with documentary practice. Beginning in the late 1940s, he worked almost exclusively in color—a highly unconventional choice for the time. In 1951, shortly after undergoing Freudian psychoanalysis, he began the series In Search of Myself, which captured anonymous shoppers on Chicago’s State Street as a means to explore the relationship between identity and consumerism. In this image, Siegel took advantage of the repeated reflections in shop windows to blend shoppers, commodities, and the streets in a dizzying urban bustle.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Arthur Siegel
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Title
- State Street, Jewelry Shop
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Origin
- United States
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Date
- Made 1946–1954
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Medium
- Dye imbibition print
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Dimensions
- 16.7 × 25.4 cm (image/paper); 30.5 × 38.1 cm (mount)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Arthur Siegel
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Reference Number
- 1956.1071
Extended information about this artwork
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