Tank
Series TitleCancellations
Artist
Thomas F. Barrow
(American, 1938 - 2024)
Date1975
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 13 9/16 inches (23.34 × 34.45 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.61 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.61 × 35.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.44.1
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "thomas f. barrow"
InscribedTitled and dated on sheet recto, lower right, in black pen: "f/t/s Cancellations-Tank / ..1975 / p.1976"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "BRW-0002";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "TR 7841.34"
On View
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DescriptionSepia toned image of a large metal tank with graffiti on the front surrounded by a chain-link fence in the middle of a sandy landscape with power lines in the background, a prominent jagged X was gouged into the negative, thus partially obscuring the image.Gallery LabelTo produce this print, Thomas Barrow photographed a spare landscape and then scratched his negative with a large X. Printing from the altered negative, he calls attention to the marring of the subject matter. This process— which simultaneously reveals and obscures the image—emphasizes the photograph’s status as an object, rather than a transparent "window-on-the-world."
With the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO by 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Thomas F. Barrow
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