The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Book: The Coliseum by Piranesi #2
1995, printed c. 1999
(American, 1948-)
Image: 56.8 x 45.7 cm (22 3/8 x 18 in.); Paper: 60.6 x 50.7 cm (23 7/8 x 19 15/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Born in Havana, Cuba, Abelardo Morell immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1962 at age 14.Description
“One day in 1993,” says Abelardo Morell, “I was looking at a book of works by El Greco. As I turned a page, its surface caught light from a window at a funny angle, changing a reproduction of a painting into a shimmering distortion. What I saw wasn’t El Greco anymore, but it was a beautiful new image nonetheless. I photographed this effect and was immediately inspired to find other ways of seeing books in a new light, so to speak. . . . At times, I have been convinced that books hold all the material of life- at least the stuff that fits between an A and a Z.”- 1999(Bonni Benrubi Gallery, Inc., New York, NY), sold to Tom Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM1999-2022Tom Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OHJune 6, 2022-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.64