Untitled, from the series "Wild West"

Photography and Media

1994

David Levinthal
American, born 1949

In 1986 the Polaroid company invited David Levinthal to experiment with its 20 × 24–inch camera, a massive apparatus weighing more than 200 pounds. Because instant photographs are printed right in the camera, large pictures necessitate large equipment. Levinthal liked the saturated colors, lustrous surface, and large size of the resulting photograph, and it became his primary format for the next 20 years. Dark brown and yellow development stains along the edges of the print were formed by residues of developing chemicals and are typical of large instant photographs. The prints are exceptionally sensitive to light and creasing, requiring careful handling.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: David Levinthal
Title: Untitled, from the series "Wild West"
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1994
Medium: Dye diffusion print
Edition: 1 of 1
Dimensions: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Reference Number: 2017.479.6

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