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Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room

1996

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£1,290.33
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DKK 11,245.87
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Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking West in Empty Room, 1996 Attributed to Abelardo Morell- unsigned. This is a black-white image marked " For reproduction purposes only' with a label from @aberlardomorell. Exposure is taken of light coming from a small hole. Ever heard of camera obscura? The picture on the wall is actually the view from the window. Because the window is covered and totally blacked. Image size: 7.25 in. H x 9 in. W Sheet size: 13.25 in. H x 16.5 in. W Frame size: 16.5 in. H x 19.75 in. W Black and white. Image for reproduction only. The image is not part of any edition. Stamped by Abelardo Morell Photography. Unsigned Morell is well known in the photographic community for creating camera obscura images in various places around the world and photographing these. Morell was awarded the Cintas Foundation fellowship in 1992 and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1993. Other awards he has received include the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award in 2011. In 1998 Morell was an artist-in-residence at Boston's Gardner Museum, and the following year, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts hosted his retrospective "Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye". Morell served as Professor Emeritus of Photography at the Massachusetts College of Art. Houk Gallery is his exclusive representation, with his first show with the gallery displayed in their Zürich, Switzerland location in June 2013. The first retrospective of Morell's work in fifteen years was held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013, in an exhibition entitled "Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door." It was subsequently held at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
  • Attributed to:
    Abelardo Morell (1948, American, Cuban)
  • Creation Year:
    1996
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 19.75 in (50.17 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Miami Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU453310954072

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