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Ave/Eva

Photograph
1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph depicting a layered image. The bottom layer of the image, of which only half is visible, consists of a photograph depicting a semi-naked figure of ambiguous sexuality. Superimposed on this image is a photograph depicting a veiled woman holding a child upon which another image has been placed. This image depicts the naked torso of a woman that has been placed to align with the head of the veiled woman. On the right a string of pearls has been placed over the image to correspond with the necklace that the nude woman is wearing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Ave/Eva (assigned by artist)
  • 20/20 (series title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Photograph by Elfie Wilkins-Nacht, 'Ave/Eva' from the portfolio '20/20', gelatin-silver print, USA, 1983
Physical description
A black and white photograph depicting a layered image. The bottom layer of the image, of which only half is visible, consists of a photograph depicting a semi-naked figure of ambiguous sexuality. Superimposed on this image is a photograph depicting a veiled woman holding a child upon which another image has been placed. This image depicts the naked torso of a woman that has been placed to align with the head of the veiled woman. On the right a string of pearls has been placed over the image to correspond with the necklace that the nude woman is wearing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.9cm
  • Width: 46.2cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Copy number
56/58
Marks and inscriptions
'Elfie Wilkins-Nacht Ave/Eva, 1983' (Signed and inscribed in pencil on the back)
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.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1991
Collection
Accession number
E.1274-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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