The Black Wall
Artist
Tina Barney
(American, born 1945)
Date2005
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 30 7/8 × 38 3/4 inches (78.42 × 98.43 cm)
Mount: 30 7/8 × 38 3/4 inches (78.42 × 98.43 cm)
Mount: 30 7/8 × 38 3/4 inches (78.42 × 98.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.10
SignedSigned on mount verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "© Tina Barney"
InscribedOn mount verso, lower right corner, in black pen: "#57 2005 2/5 / (2016)"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 2/5
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a woman and two young girls standing next to black foundation wall surrounded by dirt and rocks. The girls are barefoot and wear dresses. A row of trees mostly obscure the house in the background.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
Though best known for her large-format color photographs of her upper-class family and friends, Tina Barney has also explored similar subjects in black-and-white film. The lack of color removes the potential for what Barney calls "sentimental" distractions. Instead, the graphic contrasts of light and shadow create different formal relationships. As the title of this piece suggests, Barney’s primary interest is the black wall of a building foundation at the left of the composition, not the three figures at right.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Tina Barney
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