Panama Hat, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"

Accession Number
2010/2.47.6

Title
Panama Hat, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"

Artist(s)
Ralph Gibson

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1975

Medium & Support
photograph on fiber paper

Dimensions
19 1/16 in x 13 in (48.5 cm x 33 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Selma and Gerry Lotenberg

Subject matter
This photograph was published in an exhibition catalogue for, "Tropism: Photographs". It was part of a series of his works from the 1970s exhibited under the title, "Chiaroscuro". In the introduction to this book he states, "I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality."

Physical Description
This black and white photograph is a cropped close-up view of a light colored hat with a black band. The texture of the tightly woven straw and the ribbon band are depicted in sharp detail against a blank dark background.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Primary Object Type
black and white print

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
hats
photographs
texture (physical attribute)

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