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Betsy Kenyon
Black and white photograph, abstract geometric circles, 2020

2020

$1,200
£901.47
€1,039.55
CA$1,665.16
A$1,850.36
CHF 969.61
MX$22,691.32
NOK 12,366.76
SEK 11,634.20
DKK 7,758.73
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About the Item

This unique silver gelatin print "Divide," by Betsy Kenyon comes in a black wood frame without glass. Overlapping geometric shapes create shades of grey. Kenyon's darkroom photographs are printed on a fiber-based paper using light and chemicals as paint. There is no negative; hence each work is absolutely unique. Betsy Kenyon’s work is a merging of different processes; using darkroom techniques as her medium, Kenyon blurs established lines between drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Each darkroom print is one of a kind, made without a negative. Each part of the image is a unique, split-second exposure/gesture where incremental advances become differences in tonal value and ultimately differences in a perceived visual space. Even though Kenyon’s works are produced chemically in a darkroom, Kenyon refers to them as “darkroom drawings.”
  • Creator:
    Betsy Kenyon (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2132213050512

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