James Welling

Crescendo, 1980
1980

Black and white abstract textured image resembling crumpled foil or a rough, reflective surface with light reflecting off the creases and folds, creating a dynamic pattern of highlights and shadows. The image is framed with a clear border around the edges.
Black and white abstract textured image resembling crumpled foil or a rough, reflective surface with light reflecting off the creases and folds, creating a dynamic pattern of highlights and shadows. The image is framed with a clear border around the edges.

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Date
1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 × 3 15/16in. (12.7 × 10 cm) Image: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4in. (12.1 × 9.5 cm) Mount: 5 × 3 15/16 × 1/16in. (12.7 × 10 × 0.2 cm) Mount (mat board): 17 × 14in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm) Frame: 17 7/16 × 14 7/16 × 1in. (44.3 × 36.7 × 2.5 cm)

Accession number
96.17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10260

James Welling
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