Perfect Future, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I" / Ralph Gibson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.4
- Title
- Perfect Future, 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
- 1972
- 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 is a black and white photograph with an elevated point of view. It depicts a thick diagonal white line on pavement with a figure standing on the left beside it. The figure is only partially shown with a dark silhouette, but details of his shoe, placed parallel the to white line, are precise. The figure holds a long thin plank of wood at his side that mimics the diagonal white line.
- Subject Matter
- Ralph Gibson is well known for publishing his photographs in book form and he created his own company, Lustrum Press, in New York City in 1969.This work is from "Déjà-Vu" (1972), one of the books that established his career as a creative photographer. "I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order, extracted from the chaos of reality. ["Light Years" 1996]
- Secondary Keywords
- image form
- accessories worn on the legs or feet
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- footwear
- footwear by form
- objects we use
- views
- views by vantage point or orientation
- visual works
- visual works by form
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- 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
- 2648 x 3904
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2010/2.47.4
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.47.4/2010_2_47_4.jpg
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"Perfect Future, 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-2.47.4/2010_2_47_4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
