The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 2, 2023

Yusra Kazmi

1992

Judith Joy Ross

(American, 1946-)

America, 20th century

Gold toned printing-out paper print

Image: 24.4 x 19.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.); Matted: 41.6 x 34 cm (16 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

The George Gund Foundation Collection in honor of David Bergholz, The Cleveland Museum of Art 2003.203

Location

not on view

Description

Sensitive and penetrating portraits, particularly of school children, characterize the photography of Ross. The Cleveland-based George Gund Foundation commissioned Ross to create a new body of work focusing on students attending Cleveland public schools—images subsequently published in the foundation’s 1992 annual report. In this poignant photograph, Ross displays her uncanny ability to connect with a subject, capturing with an 8-by-10-inch view camera one student’s youthful appearance, vulnerability, and humanity.
The George Gund Foundation Collection in honor of David Bergholz 2003.203

Provenance
The George Gund Foundation Collection
Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 17, 2002 - January 26, 2003. "A City Seen: Photographs from The George Gund Foundation", exh. cat. p. 50.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"

Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2003.203