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  • Additional view of object
Apr 15, 2022
Apr 15, 2022

Untitled (Marble Statue of a Member of the Imperial Family, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Untitled (Marble Statue of a Member of the Imperial Family, Metropolitan Museum of Art)

2015

Larry Merrill

(American, b. 1948)

America, 21st century

Inkjet print

Image: 33 x 48.3 cm (13 x 19 in.); Paper: 43.2 x 55.9 cm (17 x 22 in.)

Gift of the Artist 2022.32

Location

not on view

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This close-up view of a torso from the turn of the first century AD reads as a human form yet also suggests a modern, abstract planar sculpture.

Description

Seeing the dramatic play of highlights and shadows on this marble torso on view in the galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, it is hard to believe that Larry Merrill made this image with whatever illumination he found in the gallery. Merrill makes these pictures as a regular visitor to the museum, so does not have the opportunity to set up extra lights, nor is he allowed to use flash.

See also
Collection: 
PH - American 1951-Present
Department: 
Photography
Type of artwork: 
Photograph
Medium: 
Inkjet print
Credit line: 
Gift of the Artist

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