The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Miguel

Miguel

1999
(American, b. 1953)
America, 20th century
Polaroid
Image: 60.8 x 53 cm (23 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.); Image with border: 68 x 55.5 cm (26 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.); Paper: 73.5 x 55.8 cm (28 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.); Mounted: 74.4 x 56.8 cm (29 5/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2018.310.3
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The camera used to make this photograph weighed around 265 pounds and is 6 feet tall.

Description

In 1991 Bey attained access to Polaroid’s 20 x 24-inch view camera, a massive, complex, and highly specialized piece of equipment that produced monumental versions of the then-familiar, lushly colored instant pictures. He began experimenting with conveying several moments, and multiple aspects of a sitter’s experience, in a single work by combining individual exposures from the same sitting.
  • Private Collection
    Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL
    2017-2018
    Carl and Joan Schneider, Whitmore Lake, MI
    December 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.310.3