Contemporary Art
Schwartz Art Collection
Schwartz Art Collection
Jim Dow
(American, born 1942)
Harvard Hall (looking SW), The Harvard Club, NY, 2001
Jim Dow, Harvard Hall (looking SW), The Harvard Club, NY, 2001, chromogenic print. 30 x 40 in., Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School
"My experience of New York City had always been a hodgepodge of breathless hustle, gritty energy, and endless intrusiveness. I knew about private clubs, but was completely unaware of how central they are in the history, cultural fabric, and vitality of the city. Each club offers a palpable atmosphere, each as different as a group of bibliophiles might be from a gathering of entertainers. My pictures try to delineate those differences in order to fully describe what I now understand to be a quintessential, albeit particular New York institution."—Jim Dow