Mirror of Long Ago

Artist Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905 - 1985)

Date1946; printed 1981

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (34.29 x 27.31 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1662

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DescriptionGelatin silver print of a mirror, with the ghostly image of a woman reflected in it.Gallery Label

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Informed by a romantic Southern sensibility and a personal symbolic vocabulary, the photographs of Clarence John Laughlin represent a complex meditation on memory, death and desire. In this image, Laughlin employs double exposures and mirror reflections to conflate image and imagination, suggesting opulence, loss and the passing of time.

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