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THBAbelardo Morell (Cuban/American, b. 1948)
Lot 1141
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Prints & Photographs features prints from Old Masters to Contemporary, and photographs spanning the medium’s history. Bid on iconic prints by Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, and Milton Avery; or build your photography collection. Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com
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Abelardo Morell (Cuban/American, b. 1948)
Camera Obscura Image of Boston Looking Southeast in Conference Room, 1998. Signed "Abelardo Morell" l.l., titled and dated in pencil on the verso l.r. Gelatin silver print, sight size 17 7/8 x 22 1/4 in. (45.4 x 56.6 cm), matted, framed.
Condition: Retouch and minor abrasions l.r., minor handling marks l.c., u.r., and along l.r. edge.
N.B. Some of Morell's most widely featured photographs are his camera obscura images. To create them, he uses a technique that speaks to the fundamentals of the photographic process, albeit on a much larger scale. First, he completely darkens a room by applying black plastic to the windows, then he cuts a small aperture in the material to create the camera obscura. As light from outdoors passes through the hole, the outside view is projected, inverted and reversed, on the interior surfaces. Conceptually, one's physical presence in the room is metaphorically the same as being inside the interior of a camera. Given lengthy exposure times that can span hours, the photographs themselves are a product of chance. When successful, the photographs challenge a viewer's perspective in the greatest sense by offering an imaginative new view of their expected surroundings.
His first camera obscura pictures were made locally in spaces of personal importance. Over the years, the project expanded widely to include areas significant to the history of art such as Lacock Abbey, residence of William Henry Fox Talbot, a pioneer in the invention of photography, and views of Rouen Cathedral, which was a reoccurring subject for Monet.Condition
Condition: Sheet size 20 x 23 7/8 in. Frame size 24 3/4 x 29 in.
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. - Shipping Info
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