Accession Number2010/2.47.6
TitlePanama Hat, from "The Silver Edition, Volume I"
Artist(s)Ralph GibsonArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1975Medium & Supportphotograph on fiber paperDimensions 19 1/16 in x 13 in (48.5 cm x 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Selma and Gerry LotenbergSubject matterThis 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 DescriptionThis 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.
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Keywords
hats
photographs
texture (physical attribute)