Flatiron Building, NYC

Artist Jerry Spagnoli (American, born 1956)

DateJune 27, 2017

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate: 13 7/8 × 10 1/4 inches (35.23 × 26.04 cm)
Framed: 20 × 16 1/2 × 1 1/4 inches (50.8 × 41.91 × 3.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.158

SignedSigned and dated in pencil on framed backing paper, lower right corner, in pencil: "[signature] 6/27/17"

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DescriptionImage of the Flatiron Building with trees in the lower right corner. Image taken from a high vantage point looking down onto street with pedestrians, cars, and an open top tour bus. This oversized daguerreotype is housed in a custom black frame without a mat.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 26. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 29, 2019- August 25, 2019, no cat.

Gallery Label

The daguerreotype is the world’s first photographic process. Today, a few skilled practitioners still use it as a means of contemporary artistic expression. This large, brilliant, and microscopically detailed work testifies to the continued creative relevance of a process first introduced to the public in 1839. Mesmerized by the unique physical properties of the daguerreotype, Spagnoli has used this unique and demanding technique since the mid-1990s.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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