Petit's Mobil Station
Artist: George A. Tice (American, born 1938)
Date: 1974, printed 1980
Dimensions:
Image: 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (38.2 x 49.5 cm)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1981.45
Label Text:“It takes the passage of time before the image of a commonplace subject can be assessed. The great difficulty of what I attempt is seeing beyond the moment; the everydayness of life gets in the way of the eternal.” --George Tice
A native of New Jersey, George Tice is noted for his perception and technical prowess. His images of everyday life and the material culture of mid-America on the edge and often in decline are beautifully rendered in black and white. Generally self-taught, Tice joined a camera club when he was fourteen. He studied commercial photography briefly in a technical high school before joining the Navy. A photograph made during the war of an explosion aboard a ship was accessioned into the collection of The Museum of Modern Art by Edward Steichen, who was then curator of photography). Using a large format camera, Tice began making photographs of his home state in the 1970s. This image was used in the publication Urban Landscapes: A New Jersey Portrait in 1975.
A native of New Jersey, George Tice is noted for his perception and technical prowess. His images of everyday life and the material culture of mid-America on the edge and often in decline are beautifully rendered in black and white. Generally self-taught, Tice joined a camera club when he was fourteen. He studied commercial photography briefly in a technical high school before joining the Navy. A photograph made during the war of an explosion aboard a ship was accessioned into the collection of The Museum of Modern Art by Edward Steichen, who was then curator of photography). Using a large format camera, Tice began making photographs of his home state in the 1970s. This image was used in the publication Urban Landscapes: A New Jersey Portrait in 1975.
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