Inversion
Artist
Zeke Berman
(American, born 1951)
Date1990
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 25 9/16 × 36 3/4 inches (64.93 × 93.35 cm)
Sheet: 28 11/16 × 39 15/16 inches (72.87 × 101.44 cm)
Mount: 28 11/16 × 39 15/16 inches (72.87 × 101.44 cm)
Sheet: 28 11/16 × 39 15/16 inches (72.87 × 101.44 cm)
Mount: 28 11/16 × 39 15/16 inches (72.87 × 101.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4087
SignedTitled, editioned, and signed on mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "Inversion 6/20 [signature]"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: "169-3-92"
Edition/State/Proofed. 6/20
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a tea cup with spoon and saucer on the right and an upside down version is in the upper left of the frame. A series of intertwining strings dominates the left half of the frame and a single twisted string binds the two cups.Gallery LabelIn this still life, Zeke Berman illustrates the way images form in a camera. Using string and teacups set against a dark backdrop, Berman demonstrates how light rays (represented here by string) reflect off an object (teacup), and travel in straight lines through an aperture (small opening at the center) to form a reversed, inverted image in a darkened space.
Copyright© Zeke Berman
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