Dupont Defender Varigam R, expiration December 1952
Artist
Alison Rossiter
(American, born 1953)
Date2009
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (27.78 × 35.4 cm)
Mount: 17 × 19 9/16 inches (43.18 × 49.69 cm)
Mount: 17 × 19 9/16 inches (43.18 × 49.69 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.21.60
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "21888 x5"
Edition/State/Proofunique
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a "landscape" abstraction; a rounder hill slopes down from the left. A mottling effect covers the image with a dark band of black across the bottom.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
Though this photograph appears to be a minimal landscape photograph, Alison Rossiter made it without a camera, using expired photographic paper. When developed, the outdated material produces unpredictable results. In this instance, the mottled appearance of the surface could suggest clouds. Rossiter manipulates chemicals in a variety of ways, by dipping sheets into baths or pouring liquid directly onto the surface. The resulting image celebrates the history of the medium and the magic of darkroom experimentation.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2011;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2011.
Copyright© Alison Rossiter
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