Rue aux Laines, Brussels

Artist Thomas Struth (German, born 1954)

Date1980

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 16 3/8 × 22 9/16 inches (41.61 × 57.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.59

SignedSigned on label attached to frame backer, bottom, in pencil: "Thomas Struth"

InscribedOn frame backer, bottom, white label with black type: "THOMAS STRUTH / RUE AUX LAINES / BRUSSEL 1980 / Cat 991 Ed 3/10"

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 3/10

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

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DescriptionImage of street flanked by multistory residences. Power lines and street lights stretch across the road which is littered with parked cars but is void of pedestrians.Gallery Label

Gallery Label

Thomas Struth’s series Unconscious Places explores urban spaces throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States. To make these pictures, Struth established a rigid formal system, often standing in the middle of the street to compose his view. He made photographs in each location, finding views that could "summarize a city" from an emotionally detached perspective.

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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