Untitled (boy walking out of house with baseball bat) c. 1951

Editor: This small, untitled gelatin silver print by Jack Gould features a boy rushing out of a house with a baseball bat. It’s a bit eerie because of the high contrast, almost like a memory. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It’s like looking at a dream, isn’t it? The inverted tones give it an otherworldly feel. To me, it’s about that electric moment of childhood, the urgent call to play. The house, the bat, they’re almost secondary to that feeling. Do you feel that urgency? Editor: I do! It's as if the game is about to start without him. Thanks, I never would have considered that interpretation. Curator: Absolutely! It's the beauty of art, isn’t it? We all bring our own memories to it.