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Debriefing Pictures

Photograph
1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A colour photograph depicting a layered image consisting of repeating abstract shapes superimposed onto an image of an interior scene with a window and a desk which in turn is superimposed onto an image of a graffittied wall.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Debriefing Pictures (assigned by artist)
  • 20/20 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Cibachrome colour photograph
Brief description
Photograph by Pat O'Neill, 'Debriefing Pictures' from the portfolio '20/20', Cibachrome colour photograph, USA, 1982
Physical description
A colour photograph depicting a layered image consisting of repeating abstract shapes superimposed onto an image of an interior scene with a window and a desk which in turn is superimposed onto an image of a graffittied wall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.6cm
  • Width: 40.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Copy number
56/58
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.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.1270-1991

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