Catherine Opie, Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer (Lake Michigan), 2004–05
Images of Catherine Opie, Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer (Lake Michigan)
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer (Lake Michigan), 2004–05
Chromogenic development prints
Four parts, framed: 50 15/16 × 40 15/16 in. (129.4 × 104 cm), 51 1/8 × 41 1/8 in. (129.9 × 104.5 cm), 51 1/8 × 41 1/8 in. (129.9 × 104.5 cm), and 50 15/16 × 41 in. (129.4 × 104.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Joseph and Jory Shapiro Fund by exchange, 2006.1.a-d
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Exhibitions
- West by Midwest–
- Long A black-and-white photograph with white borders is affixed to a small wood board with photo corners. The photo shows a scene in a supper club or restaurant. It features two fair-skinned, dark-haired men in suits standing, shaking hands. The man on the left holds a small box and the man on the right extends his left hand to receive it. In the foreground, two seated, light-skinned people with long dark glossy hair look up at the men from their table. The two men look directly at us. A date stamp reading "JAN 3 1968" appears in the bottom border of the photo. The ends of two knotted leather cords emerge above and below the photo on the left side of the wooden board, seemingly binding the board like a book cover. A signature reading "Edward Ruscha" appears on the board in blue ink below the image, and the initials "B.A.B." are signed and underlined in black on the wood above the mounted photograph.
Collection
- Catherine Opie, Untitled 13 (Chicago) from American Cities series, 2004–05
- Long In the horizontal black-and-white photograph taken at night, a high-rise building cropped by the image frame dwarfs a church to its right. An empty lot fills the foreground of the deserted neighborhood, drawing attention to bright starbursts from the streetlights. The spare high-rise with rectangular windows contrasts with the traditional church and steeple topped by a cross. The dark sky and white buildings and ground create the impression of a photographic negative.
