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Photograph

ca.1978 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Bedik, Amy (photographer)
Place of origin
Florence (photographed)

A black and white photograph of a sculpture of a horse in Boboli Gardens, Florence.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Gardens & Gardening
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print from a negative made with a Diana camera
Photographic Paper
Gelatin-Silver
Brief description
Photograph by Amy Bedik, untitled photograph of a sculpture of a horse in Boboli Gardens, Florence, gelatin-silver print from a negative made with a Diana camera, Florence, ca. 1978
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a sculpture of a horse in Boboli Gardens, Florence.
Dimensions
  • Size of image height: 23.9cm
  • Size of image width: 23.8cm
  • Size of sheet height: 35.4cm
  • Size of sheet width: 27.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Style
Postmodern
Marks and inscriptions
'19 July 1980, For Chris - with very best wishes. Amy Bedik' and 'F.11/16 175'

Note
Signed and inscribed on the back in pencil
Production
The Diana was a cheap 'disposable' camera with a plastic lens. The poor qualities of the lens are visible in the 'fall off' and pin cushioning effect seen on this print. Such 'deficiencies' were particularly prized for a period in the 1970s and were used as methods of drawing attention to the mediated nature of a medium usually considered to have highly immediate qualities.
Subjects depicted
Sculpture
Horse
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3184-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192125/photograph-bedik-amy/
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