Paper Bag

© Abelardo Morell

Paper Bag

Currently not on view

Paper Bag,

1992

Abelardo Morell, born 1948, Havana, Cuba; active Boston, MA
2007-112
In an ongoing series, Morell highlights the texture, structure, and surface of paper. This image, in which perspective and tonal differences emphasize the negative space formed by the mouth of a paper bag, exemplifies Morell’s intense study of mundane, everyday objects as still-life compositions.

Information

Title
Paper Bag
Dates

1992

Maker
Abelardo Morell
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 56.9 x 45.4 cm. (22 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.) sheet: 61.2 x 51 cm. (24 1/8 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2007-112
Place Made

North America, United States

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
paper (fiber product), rooms, floors, bags (containers)

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