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Joel Meyerowitz

Artist's Statement, from the portfolio St. Louis & the Arch

1979–80

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  • Artist Joel Meyerowitz (American, b. 1938)
  • Title Artist's Statement, from the portfolio St. Louis & the Arch
  • Date 1979–80
  • Edition description 47/75
  • Dimensions unframed | 26 x 22 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Alexander and Joellen Schonwald, 1994
  • Object number WU 1994.30.01y

Teaching Gallery exhibition
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/23/2004 - 03/28/2004

12/10/1994
Alexander and Joellen Schonwald

Inscription Textual component: “On any given day in St. Louis I was excited, surprised, lonely, / fatigued, entranced, saddened, or moved. I was stimulated by the city .... / Apart from the city is the Arch. I found it deeply moving, profound. / There were days when, standing beneath it, I felt I knew the power of / the pyramids. It was restorative, contemplative. It was more than a / technological marvel or a symbol. It was pure form, the beauty of / mathematics, a drawing on the heavens, perfect pitch. I came to be in / awe of it...I have seen the Arch change from a white you could not / look at to black, in broad daylight. I’ve seen it disappear, reflect like / a mirror, and turn pink, sometimes all in one day. / I remember mountains doing that.“ / Joel Meyerowitz / “St. Louis and the Arch.“

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