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Chad Kleitsch
"Emily Dickinson" 1885 Letter to Benjamin Kimball "Though the Great Waters"

2005

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"Emily Dickinson", 2005 1885 letter to Benjamin Kimball "Though the Great Waters Sleep" Archival Pigment Prink on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Matte Paper, edition of 6 30 x 40 inches - unframed Contemporary scanography still life photograph of Emily Dickinson's 1885 letter to Benjamin Kimball, "Though the Great Waters Sleep". The beautiful high-quality, archival inkjet print is currently unframed. Also available in the following sizes (unframed and made to order): 20 x 24 inches - $1400 unframed 40 x 50 inches - $4000 unframed and unmounted Text Reads: "To take the hand of my friend's friend, even apparitionally, is a hallowed pleaseure. I think you told me you were his kinsman. I was only his friend - and yet cannot yet blieve the "his part in all of the pomp that fills the circuit of the Southern Hills, is that his grave is green." His last words on his last note were "a caller comes". I infer it to be Eternity, as he never returned. Your tast must be a fervent one, often one of pain." Using scanning technology, Chad Kleitsch revolutionizes the time-honored still life subject; a single flower. Botanical Mind, a series he started almost twenty years ago in 2001, is comprised of portraits that present the flower’s blossom not only as the subject but as the medium itself. While living and working at a Zen Mountain Monastery in the Catskills, Kleitsch was at the forefront of experimenting with scanography in the mid 1990’s when the affordability of flatbed scanners made them more accessible. The subject, be it a flower, a sheer nightgown, a child’s bib; is placed on the scanner and backlit with a high intensity light that penetrates through the object as though it were a sheet of film or slide, reproducing an effect like that of a stained-glass window. Chad Kleitsch’s work has been featured in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions and he currently resides in Rhinecliff, NY. About the artist: A leading fine art photographer, Chad Kleitsch work has been displayed in galleries and museums throughout the United States. He has been featured in numerous exhibitions. Kleitsch was born and raised in New Jersey. He earned his B.A. in Photography at Bard College in New York. He has since lectured Yale University, Sarah Lawrence College and taught at Bard College, The Center for Photography at Woodstock as well as at, La Guardia College. In his 28 year career Kleitsch has photographed many interesting projects, among them abandoned factories in the American Rust Belt, asylums in the American northeast , the pre-restoration documentation of Ellis Island, street photography, an extensive botanicals survey, also an essay on museum installations around the country. Currently he is working on an essay of scanography of rare documents. His work appears frequently in publications and books such as Chronogram, Weird U.S., Bystander: A History of Street Photography,The Mountain Record, and TIME Magazine and has been reviewed in TheNew York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out, Albany Times Union, and Fortune Magazine.
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    2005
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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    20 x 24 inchesPrice: $1,40040 x 50 inchesPrice: $4,000
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  • Gallery Location:
    Hudson, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2274462722
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