Mask III
Artist
Laurie Tümer
(American, born 1951)
Date1994
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Laurie Tümer, 2016
Object number2016.9.5
DescriptionA vertical composition with the outline of a mask at center, showing its irregular ovoid shape, two almond-shaped eyes, and an irregular mouth. Wispy shapes at the top and bottom of the mask suggest some sort of hair or fiber.Text Entries
This
pieces is from a series of photograms (cameraless photographs) of masks that
the artist made when she was housesitting for her teacher Holly Roberts.
Intrigued by the variety of faces she found on the walls of the house, Tumer
takes them further from their original context in the pictures, offering just the
bare essentials of a face but a strong, resonating power in these richly
mysterious prints.
The
photograph is a unique photogram made with a mask that the artist found at the
home of her teacher and mentor Holly Roberts in Corrales, New Mexico, while she
was housesitting in 1994.
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