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Series TitleSanctuary

Artist Michael Torosian (Canadian, born 1954)

Date1973; printed 1998

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 7 13/16 inches (14.91 × 19.86 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.32 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.15.35

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Michael Torosian 1973/1998"

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "[112.39.1973]"; On sheet verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "x"; On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "LP42.1"; On sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "6"

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DescriptionImage of young man with hand on chin looking towards his right while older man talks to him.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Michael Torosian turns his camera on two foreground faces, rendering the surrounding world as a shadowy blur. Torosian is a multitalented artist, publisher, writer, and curator. Under the imprint of Lumiere Press, he has been producing elegant limited-edition photographic books since the 1980s. He studied at Ryerson University with photographer Dave Heath, and Heath’s approach to street photography is evident in early works, such as this, by Torosian. A consummate craftsman himself, Torosian contributed an essay on Heath’s printmaking skills in the Nelson-Atkins’ recent book, Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath (2015).

Provenance

With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2015;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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