City Drillers II

Artist Ray K. Metzker (American, 1931 - 2014)

Date1966; printed ca. 1985

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 inches (31.75 × 22.86 cm)
Mount: 19 × 15 inches (48.26 × 38.1 cm)
Framed: 20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (51.44 × 41.28 × 4.13 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4265

SignedSigned and editioned on mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "Ray K. Metzker 3/20"

InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "City Drillers II"

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 3/20

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Not on view

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DescriptionA composite image of seven narrow horizontal photographs mounted and presented as one. Each depicts groups of figures in high contrast, surrounded by black with focused areas of light along the perimeter of each form. Presented in artist's original black mount and plexiglass frame.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

New Frontiers: American Photography Since 1960. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, November 5 - December 17, 1993, no cat.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 15 January-5 June 2011, no cat.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, September 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013, no. 46.

The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, September 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014, no. 46.

Gallery Label

In the mid-1960s Ray Metzker began to experiment with making single works of art from an entire roll of film. The individual exposures were printed onto long strips, giving the impression of uninterrupted movement across space and time. Organized in even rows, the prints appear like frames for a movie laid out in an abstract tapestry.

Provenance

Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1986;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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