Alice's Mirror
Artist
Duane Michals
(American, born 1932)
Date1974
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (each): 3 7/16 × 5 1/16 inches (8.73 × 12.86 cm)
Sheet (each): 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Framed: 8 3/16 × 49 3/8 × 1 inches (20.8 × 125.41 × 2.54 cm)
Sheet (each): 5 × 7 inches (12.7 × 17.78 cm)
Framed: 8 3/16 × 49 3/8 × 1 inches (20.8 × 125.41 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4957.A-G
SignedOn sheet recto (first image on left), bottom, in black pen: "Alice's Mirror Duane Michals 7/25"
InscribedPhotographs 2-7, numbered, top of sheet, center, in black pen.
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 7/25
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSeries of seven photographs, numbered, depicting a pair of wire-rimmed eye glasses next to a tiny upholstered chair, resting on the shelf of a cabinet, reflected in a round mirror, reflected within a larger rectangular mirror, which is then crushed in the palm of a hand, the shards falling out onto the table on which the hand rests.Copyright© Duane Michals
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