Capucines (after Henri Fantin-Latour and Eugene Atget)
Photograph
2000 (photographed)
2000 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
This collage is made up of uncut strips of photo-booth photographs of nasturtiums from the photographer’s garden. The strips were assembled to form a single art work, showing the subtle variations of the flowers over time. The choice of subject was inspired by a photograph of nasturtiums by the French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927) and the oil painting Nasturtiums (1880) by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), which is in the V&A collection (Museum no. S.EX.24-1884). The uniqueness of the collage is in stark contrast to the mass-production technology used to create it.
Object details
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| Title | Capucines (after Henri Fantin-Latour and Eugene Atget) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photobooth photograph collage |
| Brief description | 'Capucines (after Eugene Atget and Henri Fantin-Latour', 2000, photocollage by Liz Rideal (born 1954) |
| Physical description | Strips of uncut photobooth photographs mounted onto museum board with pva, depicting Nasturtiums grown in photographer's garden. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 100: A History of Photography: Series and Sequences, 6 February 2015 – 1 November 2015.
This collage was inspired by a photograph of nasturtiums by the French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927) and the oil painting ‘Nasturtiums’ (1880) by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), which is in the V&A collection. Uncut strips of photo-booth photographs depict nasturtiums from Rideal’s garden. The strips were assembled to form a single art work, showing the subtle variations of the flowers over time.(03/02/2015) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This collage is made up of uncut strips of photo-booth photographs of nasturtiums from the photographer’s garden. The strips were assembled to form a single art work, showing the subtle variations of the flowers over time. The choice of subject was inspired by a photograph of nasturtiums by the French photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927) and the oil painting Nasturtiums (1880) by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836–1904), which is in the V&A collection (Museum no. S.EX.24-1884). The uniqueness of the collage is in stark contrast to the mass-production technology used to create it. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.283-2005 |
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| Record created | May 24, 2005 |
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