Imperial Debonair
Photograph
1981 (photographed), 1983 (printed)
1981 (photographed), 1983 (printed)
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A colour photograph depicting a red-plastic cased Imperial Debonair camera set aginst a black background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cibachrome colour photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph by Victor Landweber, 'Imperial Debonair', from 'American Cameras' and from the portfolio '20/20', Cibachrome colour photograph, USA, photographed 1981, printed 1983 |
| Physical description | A colour photograph depicting a red-plastic cased Imperial Debonair camera set aginst a black background. |
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| Copy number | 56/58 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Imperial Debonair © V.L. 1983' (Inscribed in ink on the back) |
| Gallery label | Victor Landweber (born 1943)
Imperial Debonair, from the series
American Cameras
1981
Inspired by Pop Art, this glossy, colour-saturated
photograph shows the camera as an object of
consumer desire. The Imperial Debonair was
introduced in about 1960. A plastic camera,
it was available in a range of colours and one
version was marketed as the ‘Official Cub Scout
Camera’.
Cibachrome print (printed 1983)
Museum no. E.1265-1991(23/7/2016-5/3/2017) |
| 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.1265-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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