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Bastienne, from “The Silver Edition, Volume I”

Ralph Gibson

Artwork Details

Bastienne, from “The Silver Edition, Volume I”
1987
Ralph Gibson
photograph on fiber paper
19 1/16 in x 13 in (48.5 cm x 33 cm)
Gift of Selma and Gerry Lotenberg
2010/2.47.2

Description

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]

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.

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