The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 30, 2023

La Télévision

A close-up view of the CBS Center where the results of the election at 4 o'clock in the morning continue to register on the walls of the room

1962

Frank Horvat

(Italian, b. 1928)

Italy

Gelatin silver print

Paper: 24.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.); Image: 24.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.519

© Frank Horvat

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Before computers, television stations tallied incoming election returns using adding machines and changed the numbers on the results display by hand.

Description

“1962 and 1963 were the heights of my (somewhat incompatible) careers as a fashion photographer and a photojournalist,” wrote Frank Horvat. Working in a photojournalistic mode, he captured this behind-the-scenes glimpse of CBS Television’s coverage of an election for American Congressional and gubernatorial seats. It is included in his 1962 book I Love Television. George Stephanopoulos, who donated this photograph to the museum, is a television news host, political commentator, and former advisor to Democratic candidates.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Written in pencil on verso, upper left corner: "FH-F-086"

Inscription

Written in pencil on verso: "4500-"

Inscription

Written in pencil on verso: "FCC F 5408"

Inscription

Written in blue ink on verso: "R XI"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "274mm diagonal line extending from upper left corner to lower edge of sheet"

Inscription

Drawing in pencil on verso: "250mm vertical line drawn along left edge of sheet with zigzag lines drawn between the border between the line and the edge"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "155mm vertical line"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "225mm vertical line"; Drawn in pencil in the border between vertical line and the edge of the sheet: "245mm by 40mm zigzag"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "270mm diagonal line extending from upper right corner to lower edge of sheet"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: 193mm vertical line"; Drawn in pencil in the border between vertical line and edge of sheet: "65mm vertical, wavy line"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "107mm horizontal line"; Drawn n pencil between horizontal line and lower edge of sheet: "18mm by 18mm zigzag line"

Inscription

Drawn in pencil on verso: "15mm horizontal line"

Inscription

Stamped in blue ink on verso, lower left corner: "© Frank Horvat"

Inscription

Written and Imprinted in black ink on yellow paper label adhered to verso: "volume:(imprinted) Television(written)(underlined)/ page:(imprinted) 20/11(written) photo:(imprinted) 28(written, circled)(underlined)/ format:(imprinted) 5,5 x 11,8(written)"

Inscription

Commercially imprinted throughout on verso: "Afga"

Frank Horvat

Italian photographer, born 1928
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.519