Bat Window, West End, Boston
Date1958
Artist
Carl Chiarenza
(American artist, educator, art historian, and critic, born 1935)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 12 3/4 × 10 in. (32.4 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (34.9 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2016
Object number2016-15
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextCarl Chiarenza creates collages specifically meant to be photographed in black and white. The resulting photographs address the artist’s interest in the artificial and transformative nature of the medium—the shift from an abstract composition to a recognizable image.
