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Tryptichon I

Photograph
1985-1987 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Schmidt, Michael (photographer)
Place of origin
Germany (photographed)

A black and white portrait of a man in a checked shirt.


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleTryptichon I (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print in welded cast iron frame
Paper
Gelatin-Silver Process
Brief description
Photograph by Michael Schmidt, panel from 'Tryptichon I', from Schmidt's book Waffenruhe [Ceasefire] gelatin-silver print in welded cast iron frame, Germany, 1985-1987
Physical description
A black and white portrait of a man in a checked shirt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59cm
  • Width: 49.9cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
'M. Schmidt, 2, Tryptichon I, Waffenruhe 85-87.' (Signed and inscribed in silver ink on the backboard)
Object history
Michael Schmidt's book Waffenruhe [Ceasefire] is a photo-essay documenting the years just prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This photograph is reproduced in duotone in Schmidt's book along with the two other panels of 'Tryptichon I' (E.2757-1990 and E.2758-1990).
Associations
Berlin
Berlin Wall
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
  • Haworth-Booth, Mark. Photography Now. London: Dirk Nishen, in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1989. ISBN: 185378012X. pp. 132-133
  • Schmidt, Michael. Waffenruhe. Berlin: published by the Photography Collection of the Berlinische in association with Verlag Dirk Nishen, 1987. ISBN: 3889400205. pp. 17, 55 and 77
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2756-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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