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Book Review
Inside Pompeii
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 528–530
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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Inside Pompeii By Luigi Spina. 480 pp. incl. 448 col. ills. (London, Thames & Hudson, 2023), £100. ISBN 978–0–500–02730–1. | :
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2. Sarno baths, Regio VIII, by Luigi Spina. Photograph, 2020–23. (© Luigi Spina).
Book Review
The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1241-1243
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Lloyd, Kathryn (Lloyd, Kathryn)
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The Double: Identity and Difference in Art since 1900 By James Meyer, with contributions by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Tom Gunning, Hillel Schwartz, Shawn Michelle Smith and Andrew Solomon. 288 pp. incl. 140 col. + 60 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022), £52. ISBN 978–0–691–23617–9. | :
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7. Allie Mae Burroughs, Hale County, Alabama, by Walker Evans. 1936. Gelatin silver print, 24.3 by 19.2 cm. (Private collection).
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8. After Walker Evans: 4, by Sherrie Levine. 1981. Gelatin silver print, 12.8 by 9.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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9. Stills from Left side / right side, by Joan Jonas. 1972. Black-and-white video, duration 8 minutes 50 seconds. (Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, New York).
Book Review
Piranesi and the Modern Age
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1239-1241
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Minor, Heather Hyde (Minor, Heather Hyde)
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Piranesi and the Modern Age By Victor Plahte Tschudi. 288 pp. incl. 81 col. + 25 b. & w. ills. (MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2022), $49.95. ISBN 978–0–262–04717–3. | :
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4. The Gothic arch (pl.XIV from Carceri d’invenzione), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. c.1749– 50. Etching and engraving, 49.4 by 63.8 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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5. Kerensky ascending the Jordan Staircase, still from October: Ten Days that Shook the World, directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1927.
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6. The drawbridge (pl. VII from Carceri d’invenzione), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Early 1770s. Etching with engraving, 54.2 by 40.6 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Sade: Freedom or Evil
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1143–1146
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Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
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Sade: Freedom or Evil Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 11th May–15th October | :
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23. Marquis de Sade, by Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo. 1760–62. Black chalk on paper, diameter 29 cm. (Musée d’Arts de Nantes; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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24. After the performance o Relâche, by Toyen (Marie Čermínová). 1943. Oil on canvas, 104.5 by 47 cm. (Alšova Jihočeská Galerie / South Bohemian Gallery, Hluboká nad Vltavou; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
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25. PM 2010, by Teresa Margolles. 2012. 313 front pages of PM, 300 by 1300 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marta Gornicka; exh. Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona).
Exhibition Review
Roni Horn: I am paralyzed with hope
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 911–913
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Lloyd, Kathryn (Lloyd, Kathryn)
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Roni Horn: I am paralyzed with hope Centro Botín, Santander 1st April–10th September | :
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25. Installation view of Roni Horn: I am paralyzed with hope at Centro Botín, Santander, 2023, showing Untitled (‘the tiniest piece of mirror is always the whole mirror’). 2022. Solid cast glass, 10 units, each 27.9 by 71.1 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Centro Botín, Santander; photograph Belen de Benito).
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26. Detail of LOG (March 22, 2019– May 17, 2020), by Roni Horn. 2019– 20. Graphite, coloured pencil, pen and ink, laser and inkjet prints and text on watercolour and writing paper, 406 sheets, each 27.9 by 21.6 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Centro Botín, Santander; photograph Belen de Benito).
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27. Detail of a.k.a., by Roni Horn. 2008–09. 15 paired inkjet prints, each 38.1 by 33 cm. (Private collection; courtesy the artist and Centro Botín, Santander; photograph Belen de Benito).
Article
The Photography Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 536-543
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Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
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1. The display of cameras at the entrance to the Photography Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2018. (Courtesy David Kohn Architects, London; photograph Will Pryce).
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10. Devotion, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1865. Albumen print from wet collodion glass negative, 22.8 by 27.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.45154).
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2. The Sir Elton John and David Furnish Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2018. (Courtesy David Kohn Architects, London; photograph Will Pryce).
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3. Architectural rendering of the Kusama Gallery (Room 98) in the Photography Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, designed by Gibson Thornley Architects (© Schmidt Massie).
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4. Architectural rendering of the Parasol Foundation Gallery (Room 97) in the Photography Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (© Gibson Thornley Architects).
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5. Self-portrait as walking woman with bag, 1979 Lima, Peru 2019 Los Angeles, CA, from the series 1979 contact negatives, by Tarrah Krajnak. 2019, printed in 2022. Cyanotype, 60.8 by 50.5 cm. (© Tarrah Krajnak; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; inv. no.PH.139-2023).
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6. Untitled, from the Black Balloon Archive, by Liz Johnson Artur. Chromogenic print, 50.8 by 61 cm. (© Liz Johnson Artur; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.PH.1209).
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7. The Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Société Française de Photographie at the South Kensington Museum, by Charles Thurston Thompson. 1858. Albumen print from wet collodion negative, 29 by 33.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.2715-1913).
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8. Raphael Cartoon, The conversion of the proconsul also known as The blinding of Elymas, by Raphael, c.1515–16, by Charles Thurston Thompson. 1858. Scan from a glass plate negative, 91.4 by 91.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.E.644-2017).
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9. Ancient ruins in the Canon de Chelle, New Mexico, by Timothy O’Sullivan. 1873. Albumen print, 20.1 by 27.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.PH.242-1979).
Article
‘Goethe’s house is severely wrecked’: Lee Miller at Buchenwald and Weimar
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 502-512
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Günther, Katharina (Günther, Katharina)
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1. Lee Miller with the essentials of life, by David E. Scherman. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 6.1 by 6.1 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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10. An Allied flag (probably French) flies in the central courtyard of the Buchenwald concentration camp following liberation, by John M. Stix. April 1945. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Judith Saul Stix).
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11. Buidings in Weimar, by Lee Miller. 1945. Schiller’s House is shown in frames 50 and 51. Detail of a vintage contact sheet, 25.4 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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2. Buildings in Weimar, showing Goethe’s House in frames 8–12, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact sheet, 25.4 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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3. Released prisoners in striped prison dress beside a heap of bones from bodies burned in the crematorium at Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. Vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.5 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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4. The Deputy Bürgermeister’s daughter (Regina Lisso), by Lee Miller. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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5. Lee Miller in the bathtub in Hitler’s apartment, Munich, by Lee Miller with David E. Scherman. 1945. Vintage gelatin silver print, 11.4 by 10.8 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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6. Released prisoner, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Scan from a vintage negative, 5.7 by 5.5 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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7. Horrors of a concentration camp, unforgettable, unforgivable, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact print, 5.8 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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8. First funeral procession, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact sheet, 25.7 by 20.2 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
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9. First funeral procession, Buchenwald, by Lee Miller. 1945. Vintage contact print 5.9 by 5.6 cm. (Lee Miller Archives, East Sussex).
Article
The Bayeux Tapestry photographed
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 494-501
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Ravilious, Ella (Ravilious, Ella)
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11. Detail from a copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, showing Edward the Confessor, by the Leek Embroidery Society. 1885. Linen embroidered with wool, height 66 cm. (Reading Museum).
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12. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing Harold and Edward the Confessor, by Percy Hennell. 1956. Colour transparency reproduced as a tipped-in etched print made by John Swain and Son Ltd., 25.5 by 23.5 cm. (From F. Stenton: The Bayeux Tapestry, London, 1957; Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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14. The Bayeux Tapestry being photographed in storage, Bayeux, 2017. (La Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie 2017; photograph Antoine Cazin and Guillaume Debout).
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6. Glass-plate negative of a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing a brass joint of the display case with another section of the Tapestry in the background, by Edward Dossetter. 1872. 30.5 by 30.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum Archive, London, MA/90/9727).
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7. Glass internegative of a section of the Bayeux Tapestry wrapped round the edge of the display mount, marked up for cropping, probably by Joseph Cundall. 1872. 66 by 58.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum Archive, London, MA/90/9727NO).
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8. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing a house being burned. Hand-coloured photograph made from a negative by Edward Dossetter. 1872. Probably Albertype. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no.E.573:1 to 25-2005).
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9. Complete version of a hand-coloured photograph of the Bayeux Tapestry published by the Arundel Society, on its original stand. Probably Albertype, height 140 cm. (Courtesy Bonhams).
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1. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing news brought to William about Harold. England, 11th century. Wool embroidery on linen, height 50 cm. (Courtesy City of Bayeux, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) Normandie, Caen, University of Caen Normandie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, and École nationale supérieure d’ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Caen; photograph La Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie 2017).
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10. Lantern slide of a detail from the Bayeux Tapestry showing the speaker’s notes above the scene. c.1899. 9.3 by 30.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum Archive, London, MA90/20078 to 20084).
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13. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing Harold and his soldiers riding to Bosham. England, 11th century. Wool embroidery on linen, height 50 cm. (Courtesy City of Bayeux, Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) Normandie, Caen, University of Caen Normandie, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, and École nationale supérieure d’ingénieurs de Caen (ENSICAEN), Caen; photograph La Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie 2017).
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2. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing news brought to William about Harold, a hand-coloured photograph made from a negative by Edward Dossetter. 1872. Probably Albertype. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. nos.E.573:1 to 25-2005)
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3. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing news brought to William about Harold, by James Basire, after Charles Alfred Stothard. 1816–19. Hand-coloured engraving, 35 by 76 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London).
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4. Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing news brought to William about Harold, by Josef Albert after a drawing commissioned by John Collingwood Bruce. Salt print, 15.4 by 13.2 cm. (From The Conquest of England, From Wace’s Poem of the Roman de Rou, transl. A. Malet, London 1860; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
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5. The Bayeux Tapestry on display in the Galerie Mathilde, Bayeux. Postcard, c.1904. (Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux).
Short Notice
Rrose Sélavy as house painter
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 533-535
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Naumann, Francis M. (Naumann, Francis M.; Nauman, Francis M.)
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10. Fresh widow, by Marcel Duchamp. 1920. Miniature French window, painted wood frame, and panes of glass covered with black leather, 77.5 by 44.8 cm., on wood sill, 1.9 by 53.4 by 10.2 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; © Association Marcel Duchamp and DACS, London).
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11. Advertisement for the Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes, 1912.
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12. Apolinère enameled, by Marcel Duchamp. 1916–17. Gouache and graphite on painted tin, mounted on cardboard, 24.4 by 34 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; © Association Marcel Duchamp and DACS, London).
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5. Marcel Duchamp as Rose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1921. Scan from a vintage negative, 12 by 9 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London; RMN-Grand Palais).
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6. Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1921. Gelatin silver print, 21.6 by 17.3 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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7. Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy, by Man Ray. 1923. Vintage gelatin silver print, 8.5 by 6 cm. (Private collection; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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8. Studio interior still life, by Man Ray. c.1923. Scan from a vintage negative, 9.3 by 11.7 cm. (Centre Pompidou, Paris; © Man Ray Trust and DACS, London).
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9. Detail of Fig.8.
Book Review
Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 573-575
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Roberts, Claire (Roberts, Claire)
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Power and Perspective: Early Photography in China Edited by Karina H. Corrigan and Stephanie H. Tung with Bing Wang and Tingting Xu. 340 pp. incl. 300 col. ills. (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–26363–3. | :
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6. Yang Chang-mei. China, c.1862. Albumen print. (Peabody Essex Museum, Salem; Granger Historical Picture Archive; Alamy Stock Photo).
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