Chartres, Cathédrale Notre-Dame

Series TitleFaçade

Artist Markus Brunetti (German, born 1965)

Date2012-2015

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 57 7/16 × 27 15/16 inches (145.85 × 70.94 cm)
Sheet: 62 15/16 × 32 5/8 inches (159.84 × 82.88 cm)
Framed: 63 7/8 × 33 9/16 × 2 1/4 inches (162.23 × 85.24 × 5.72 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2018.51.1

SignedOn Certificate of Authenticity, adhered to mount verso, lower right corner, in black type with black pen and blue stamp: "Certification copy / Series: Markus Brunetti - FACADES / Chartres / Cathédrale Notre-Dame / Archival Pigment Print on Epson Cold Press Natural Cotton Paper / Image size 148 x 71 cm / Sheet size 160 x 83 cm / Edition 11/12 / Print made 2016 [illeg.] / [signature] / ... work © Markus Brunetti / Not to be reproduced without written permission"

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Edition/State/Proofed. 11/12

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DescriptionImage of the exterior western façade of Chartres Cathedral set against a stark white sky. The cathedral’s three levels are built of limestone and richly embellished with elongated late Romanesque style figures of kings and queens along with other Biblical relief sculptures. The three portals are flanked on either side by tall mismatched spires with a large rose window in the center.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 27. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 23, 2019–February 2, 2020, no cat.

Gallery Label

Markus Brunetti (and his partner, Betty Schöner) create large scale, hyperreal views of medieval European churches. He photographs architectural details one square meter at a time. The thousands of digital captures are painstakingly combined in the final image. Here, modern day elements like cars, tourists, and streetlights are removed. In startlingly sharp focus, viewers are pulled in to inspect details bringing them closer to the experience of standing in front of the building.

Provenance

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Yossi Milo Gallery by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.

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