113, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I" / Ralph Gibson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.47.5
- Title
- 113, 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
- 2003
- 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 partial view of a guitar against a solid black background. It is a cropped, close-up image showing a portion of the fingerboard and upper bout.
- Subject Matter
- Ralph Gibson is well known for his photographs published in book form and this work appeared in, "Light Strings: Impressions of the Guitar". Gibson studied and played the guitar from an early age, but decided to pursue photography. "I realized that a serious decision had to be made, a choice between photography and music. Photography had to win but that didn't mean divorcing the guitar... for the next forty years I continued to play and follow the evolution of the guitar.... I play throughout the day and still wonder how far the instrument will take me." From "Light Strings" 1-16-04
- Secondary Keywords
- plucked
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- chordophones
- concepts in the arts
- forms of expression
- lutelike chordophones
- lutelike chordophones with long neck
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- 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
- 2553 x 3874
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2010/2.47.5
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.47.5/2010_2_47_5.jpg
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"113, 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-2.47.5/2010_2_47_5.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.