A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer
Photograph
1982 (made)
1982 (made)
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A photograph depicting a woman sitting in an arm chair. Above the woman, on the wall, hangs a landscape picture. To the right of the woman there is a side table beneath which a cat is sitting.
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Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver prints mounted on card |
Brief description | Photograph by Gillian Brown, 'A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer' (from Manual Photography Manual) from the portfolio '20/20', gelatin-silver print, USA, 1982 |
Physical description | A photograph depicting a woman sitting in an arm chair. Above the woman, on the wall, hangs a landscape picture. To the right of the woman there is a side table beneath which a cat is sitting. |
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Copy number | 56/58 |
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Object history | This print is from the portfolio '20/20', published in an edition of 58 (of which this is number 56) with catalogue, by the Department of Art, Dickson Art Center, University of California (UCLA), April 1985. The portfolio was devised to contain work by students who had completed the graduate photography programme at UCLA within the last twenty years. It was co-ordinated by Graham Howe and Jack Butler and designed by Karen Bowers with the catalogue introduction by Robert F. Heinecken. The other artists included in the portfolio are Gillian Brown, Jack Butler, Jo Ann Callis, Judy Coleman, Darryl J. Curran, John Divola, William Doherty, Sidney Doniger, Robbert Flick, Jeff Gates, Graham Howe, Paul Knotter, Victor Landweber, Kenneth McGowan, Philip Melnick, Patrick Nagatani, Karen O'Hearn, Pat O'Neill, Sheila Pinkel, Scott Rankin, Kenneth Shorr and Elfie Wilkins-Nacht. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991 |
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Accession number | E.1253-1991 |
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Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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