Bastienne, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I" / Ralph Gibson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.2
- Title
- Bastienne, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
- Artist
- Ralph Gibson
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1939
- Medium and Support
- photograph on fiber paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1987
- Credit Line
- Gift of Selma and Gerry Lotenberg
- Dimensions
- 48.5 cm x 33 cm (19 1/8 in. x 13 in.)
- Physical Description
- This black and white photograph shows a portion of a woman's face against a solid black background. It is a close-up view of her right cheek, eye and eyebrow. She is gazing downward so the lashes and lid partially cover her eye.
- Subject Matter
- This is the cover photograph for Ralph Gibson's book, "Infanta", (1995) that presented a group of his photographic studies of women. His abstraction of facial features against a blank black background reveals his formalist, yet sensual approach. "When I make a photograph, I move in closer and I take things away, and I take things away, until I get everything out the frame except what I want. Therefore my process is considered subtractive." [www.bermangraphics.com/press/ralphgibson.htm]
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- faces
- heads
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- the human body
- upper body
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
- If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.
Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1897 x 2912
- File Size
- 74 KB
- Record
- 2010/2.47.2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.47.2/2010_2.47.2.jpg
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"Bastienne, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"; Ralph Gibson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.47.2/2010_2.47.2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
