Name: STEPHEN SHORE (B. 1947)
Brand: Room 131, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Phillipsburg, N.J., June 21, 1974
Price: 3200.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

STEPHEN SHORE (B. 1947)
Room 131, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Phillipsburg, N.J., June 21, 1974
chromogenic contact print
blindstamped 'L' (margin); signed and dated in ink (verso)
image: 8 x 10 in. (20 x 25.5 cm.)
sheet: 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.5 cm.)

Light Gallery, New York;
The Collection of Fern Schad;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

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In Room 131, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Phillipsburg, N.J., June 21, 1974,pools of light are caught in several articles of unkempt clothing, transforming them into bundles of radiant drapery fit for a classical painting. Folds of rumpled khaki seem to take on an ethereal glow that feels out of place against the muted mustard stripes of the stiff motel bedding, a trenchant example of Shore’s ability to elevate the mundane.