Untitled (mini train on tracks, people in train car) by Jack Gould

Untitled (mini train on tracks, people in train car)

c. 1948

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Artwork details

Dimensions
5.7 x 5.7 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Location
Harvard Art Museums
Copyright
CC0 1.0

About this artwork

Editor: Here we have a small, untitled photograph by Jack Gould, showing a miniature train with people on it. The mood feels nostalgic, almost dreamlike. What story do you think it's trying to tell? Curator: It’s a charming, almost uncanny image. The inverted tones enhance the feeling of a half-remembered dream. Is it a memory? A wish? Or perhaps it's a comment on community, these people sharing a journey, literally on the same track. What do you think? Editor: That's beautifully put! I was so focused on the oddity, I missed the sense of shared experience. Curator: Sometimes art is about noticing the tracks we're all on, together, even when the journey is a little surreal.

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