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Untitled (Detergent)

A work made of gelatin silver and chromogenic color prints, mounted on formica.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver and chromogenic color prints, mounted on formica.

Date:

1987

Artist:

Victor Schrager
American, born 1950

About this artwork

In the late 1980s, Victor Schrager cut advertising images into the shape of everyday household items, in this case a detergent box (other objects included a pack of cigarettes), and affixed them to colored Formica sheets. He wanted to render sculptural form in two dimensions and also to elicit emotional responses through the use of pure color. Since 2006 Schrager has made blurred, abstract photographs of closed books, likewise arranging them into planes of expressive color.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Victor Schrager

Title

Untitled (Detergent)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1987

Medium

Gelatin silver and chromogenic color prints, mounted on formica

Dimensions

Object: 132.6 × 137.3 × 4 cm (52 1/4 × 54 1/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Boardroom, Inc.

Reference Number

1992.598

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