Library of Dust, 1827

© David Maisel

Library of Dust, 1827

Currently not on view

Library of Dust, 1827,

2005, printed 2009

David Maisel, born 1961, New York, NY; active Princeton, NJ
2009-108.3

Information

Title
Library of Dust, 1827
Dates

2005, printed 2009

Maker
David Maisel
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm. (14 x 11 in.) frame: 38.8 × 30.8 × 5.2 cm (15 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist, Class of 1984, in honor of Emmet Gowin
Object Number
2009-108.3
Place Made

North America, United States, Oregon, Salem

Culture
American
Type
photographs, chromogenic color prints, color photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes
Subject
deaths, deterioration, copper, cylinders (solids), orange, oxidation, green (color), blue, white (color), black

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