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Autoportrait au Filet Rouge

Lucien Clergue; Roland Dufau

Artwork Details

Autoportrait au Filet Rouge
1988; printed 1989
Lucien Clergue; Roland Dufau
cibachrome print on paper
21 15/16 in x 28 1/16 in (55.72 cm x 71.28 cm);21 15/16 in x 28 1/16 in (55.72 cm x 71.28 cm)
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2002/1.226

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Description

Subject Matter:

Clergue first began to experiment with color photography in 1975. This image, a "self-portrait," offers a very abstract field of reflected light. The center of the composition appears as if it may contain Clergue's obscured figure surrounded by the red line referenced in the title. 

Physical Description:

An abstracted color photograph of reflected lights against a black surface. Griege-green fields of color appear at the bottom, moving up toward the center of the composition. A red line in the center of the composition frames a possible figure outlined in white light.

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