Object number1987.40.3
The Dream of Flowers
Date1986
Artist
Duane Michals
(American, 1932 - 2026)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print, one from a polyptych
EditionEdition 3 of 25
DimensionsImage: 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13 x 8.6 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 5 x 8 in. (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Francis Woolsey and Helen Silkman Bronson, class of 1924, Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn recto, by artist, upper margin in ink: 3; a later inscription, lower margin: D.; on verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 1987.40.3
BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay, "Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, September 20 - December 15, 2019," (Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center), 2019, p. 101; Brier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 51 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019; On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionBlack and white image of a young man with curly hair resting the side of his head on a reflective surface. His eyes are closed and there are flowers in his hair and around his face.
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