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Getting Lost

Artist Liat Elbling (Israeli, born 1980)
Date2015
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 14 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (36.83 × 29.85 cm)
Mount: 14 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (36.83 × 29.85 cm)
Framed: 15 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (38.74 × 31.75 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.22
SignedSigned on label attached to frame backer, lower right, white label with black text and blue pen: "Title Getting Lost / Year 2015 / Size 14 1/2 x 11 3/4" / Technique pigment print / Edition AP1 / Signature Liat Elbling"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/ProofA.P.1
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionMonochromatic image composed of white hues. The circular image depicts a staircase next to a ledge leading up to a wall.Gallery Label

To create her self-described "visual deceptions," Elbling constructs and paints architectural models of imaginary spaces. Controlling light and color to suggest depth, she photographs the model and matches the color of the frame to its contents. The representational quality of the photographic image merges with the presentation of the photograph as a three-dimensional object, challenging distinctions between photography, painting, and sculpture.

Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Liat Elbling
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