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The Bogeyman

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1973

Artist:

Duane Stephen Michals
American, born 1932

About this artwork

Duane Michals is a pioneer of the staged fine art photograph, in which he uses sequencing and incorporated text to construct a narrative. His orchestrated fictions engage recurring, universal themes: sex, death, love, fear, and violence. This sequence illustrates the bogeyman, a creature that provokes nighttime fears in children everywhere, in a tale that hints at deeper psychological and metaphysical questions as well.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Duane Stephen Michals

Title

The Bogeyman

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1973

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on paper, in black ink: "The Bogeyman". Edition: III/V

Dimensions

8.7 × 13.2 cm (3 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

National Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Grant

Reference Number

1989.115.1

Extended information about this artwork

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