Quigley, Edward W.. Still Life with Bicycle Wheel, 1935. gelatin silver print, Image: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.); Paper: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.). Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2017.310. Copyrighted.

Still Life with Bicycle Wheel

1935

Edward W. Quigley

Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898–1977)

Photography

Still Life with Bicycle Wheel, 1935. Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898–1977). Gelatin silver print; image: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.); paper: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2017.310 Edward Quigley’s abstract still lifes were radically experimental in 1930s America. Though abstracted through cropping, the bicycle is rendered whole—and therefore functional—by the shadow behind it. In its insistence on function, lyricism, and beauty, could Still Life be Quigley’s response to Marcel Duchamp’s 1913 ironic, provocative Bicycle Wheel sculpture?

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Quigley, Edward W.
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.); Paper: 7.6 x 10.1 cm (3 x 4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: “EQ-291” Inscription: Stamped in black ink on verso: “7281” Inscription: Stamped in blue ink on verso: “PHOTOGRAPH BY/EDWARD QUIGLEY/4231 WALNUT STREET/PHILADELPHIA 4"
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2017.310
Credit Line: Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
Rights Statement: Copyrighted