The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 1, 2026

A vertically oriented print of black ink forms a dense, structured column on off-white paper. Six paragraphs of serif text are centered, creating a rhythmic block with crisp, left-aligned edges and ragged right margins. In the lower left corner, the names Jonathan Anderson & Edwin Low anchor the composition. The layout is minimalist, emphasizing the formal contrast between the dark, detailed type and the expansive, pale surface of the page.

Second essay page

c. 2019

Anderson & Low

America
text page
The Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson 2007 Trust 2024.45.4
© Anderson & Low
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

These 21st century images were inspired by photographs taken through a microscope by nineteenth-century British photographer Frederick Evans.

Description

Evans’s fascination with form and visionary translation of common natural objects resonated with Anderson & Low. They decided to rework images from their Chrysalis series, in which they used digital technology to transform earlier analog architectural views into large-scale, exuberantly patterned, and colored abstract images. In contrast, the Metamorphoses are delicate monochromatic images—intimately scaled salt prints, a complex printing process devised in the mid-1830s.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2024.45.4