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Michael Ormerod
Purple Door, Montana, 1986 - Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper

1986

$1,217.21
£900
€1,065.54
CA$1,682.90
A$1,885.13
CHF 990.14
MX$22,922.59
NOK 12,538.40
SEK 11,902.31
DKK 7,952.51

About the Item

Purple Door, Montana is a Photographic Color Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in this size of 20" x 24" in an edition of 10. Michael Ormerod was a British photographer with a distinct and powerful voice, whose career was cut short on 7 August 1991 when he was killed in a road accident on his last field trip to the USA. Known for his striking and evocative images capturing American landscapes and urban scenes, his work depicted the raw, gritty reality of life in post-industrial boom America, but Ormerod was nonetheless able to capture the beauty. The photographs are understated, but show an unseen America, where the industrial heartland is decaying, highways stand empty and towns are deserted. The subjects of Ormerod’s work are the disenfranchised, their expressions unreadable. Since his death, Ormerod has received two posthumous solo exhibitions: the first, at the eponymous Zelda Cheatle Gallery in London, held to coincide with the release of his book 'States of America'; the second, held by Sheffield Graves Art Gallery in 2003. In 2010, Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery mounted a solo exhibition of Ormerod's work. Since then, never-before-seen images have been discovered in Ormerod's archive, and together with Millenium Library and Ormerod's daughter, Ali, Crane Kalman Brighton was honoured to be able to present this entirely unseen selection of work by Michael Ormerod as the recent solo show 'Vanishing Point', which was held in October 2024. Purple Door, Montana may be available as a 30" x 40" Photographic Color Print in an edition of 10; please contact the gallery for more information and a unique link to the listing. Please bear in mind that lead times are expected between 10-15 days.
  • Creator:
    Michael Ormerod (1947 - 1991, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1986
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    30" x 40" Colour Print on Hahnemuhle Paper in Edition of 10Price: $2,434
  • Medium:
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  • Gallery Location:
    Brighton, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU72233237153

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