The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Fruit Cup

Fruit Cup

1989
(American, 1949-)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 114.7 x 89 cm (45 3/16 x 35 1/16 in.); Paper: 121.7 x 96.2 cm (47 15/16 x 37 7/8 in.)
Purchased with a grant from the NEA and matched by contributions from Museum members in 1989 1989.470
Location: not on view

Description

This composite photograph, made from a single negative, was shot with an eight-lens camera that takes rapid successive exposures at predetermined intervals (the kind of camera used to photograph golf swings). The photographer has only seconds to move the camera between each exposure to obtain a different angle on the scene. In this ode to a cup of coffee, Spano captures fragments of a morning ritual from a variety of perspectives. The combination of vertical, horizontal, and inverted images allows the viewer to see an object from several angles at once.
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    Hinson, Tom E. "Contemporary American Photographs: An Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 9 (1992): 306-51. p. 351, no. 65, repr. p. 341 25161375
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 327
  • PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-November 29, 2020).
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Contemporary American Photographers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 1992-January 3, 1993).
  • {{cite web|title=Fruit Cup|url=false|author=Michael Spano|year=1989|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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