Signed in ink, on recto, lower right: WR
Kresge Court, Detroit Institute of Arts, ca. 1964, printed 2012
- Bill Rauhauser, American, 1918-2017
Pigment print
- Image: 11 3/4 × 18 inches (29.8 × 45.7 cm) Sheet: 17 × 22 inches (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Gift of the artist in memory of Doris Rauhauser
2012.113
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
According to Detroit native and lifelong photographer Bill Rauhauser, “There are three iron laws of photography: being there, being ready and being lucky.” For more than sixty years this credo informed his work where the unexpected moments of everyday life came together in his photographs taken mostly in Detroit and of its people, streets, carnivals, and fairs, as well as at his beloved Detroit Institute of Arts. He frequently spent time at the DIA enjoying its art collections and photographing individuals in its galleries and other public spaces. Rauhauser worked on in-depth thematic series throughout his career and one in particular focused on women smoking. He captured this stylish young lady enjoying a cigarette in the DIA’s now smoke-free Kresge Court. This photograph is part of Rauhauser’s unprecedented archive of more than 10,000 images made throughout Detroit from the 1950s through the late 1970s. From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)
2012-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Bill Rauhauser Contact: Bill Rauhauser 27735 Berkshire Dr. Southfield, MI 48076
Bill Rauhauser, Kresge Court, Detroit Institute of Arts, ca. 1964, printed 2012, pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist in memory of Doris Rauhauser, 2012.113.