Sydney
Artist
Grant Mudford
(Australian, born 1944)
Date1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 × 19 1/4 inches (33.34 × 48.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 inches (40.48 × 50.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.5.6
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Grant Mudford"
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "48/75 SYDNEY 1977-80"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "02-23/3a";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "999:18.12"
Edition/State/Proofed. 48/75
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DescriptionImage of a large dark rectangular structure near the center of a tiled terrace with stairs on the left and a row of foliage on the right behind the railing. The sky is filled with clouds.Gallery LabelDoes this black "door" lead inside or outside? Is it attached to a building or does it stand somehow on its own?
Grant Mudford focuses on an odd detail in the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House: the back of a signpost. Cropping this scene to exclude familiar architectural details of the famous building, Mudford creates a baffling documentary image.
Rick Wester Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY;
Purchased from Rick Wester Fine Art by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Purchased from Rick Wester Fine Art by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Copyright© Grant Mudford
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