Two boats from Hegel's Cellar
- Title:
- Two boats from Hegel's Cellar
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Baldessari, John
- Creation Date:
- 1986
- ID Number:
- 90.004.004
- File Name:
- 90.004.004.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
Print - Materials/Techniques:
- photogravures (prints)
aquatints (prints) - Subject:
- Art and Photography
post-modernism - Measurement:
- 49.5 x 66 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Juxtaposition of two images next to one another, on the left a swarm of people in togas, arms raised, around some central figures obscured by a big red dot and a smaller green dot. A wall with some Roman guards and bunting is in the top of the image. On the right, two life boats, oriented vertically in the frame, a bit cropped on either side, jammed full of people facing inward. Where the innermost person would be is obscured with a red dot in one boat and a green dot in the other.
- Notes:
- Matted photogravure.
- Cite As:
- John Anthony Baldessari (American, born 1931), Two boats from Hegel's Cellar, 1986. Photogravure and aquatint, 49.5 x 67 cm. Acquired with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, and through the generosity of Martha Merrifield Steen, Class of 1949, and Bill Steen, 90.004.004.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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