Arthur Tress

Act I: Birth of Ideas

1980

A stage set labeled "Opera" shows a large floral teapot against a seaside scenery.
A stage set labeled "Opera" shows a large floral teapot against a seaside scenery.

Arthur Tress, Act I: Birth of Ideas, 1980. Silver dye bleach print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (26.5 × 26.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of David Knaus P.2003.115. © 2010 Arthur Tress

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Date
1980

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Silver dye bleach print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in. (26.5 × 26.5 cm)

Accession number
P.2003.115

Series
Tea Pot Opera

Edition
AP

Credit line
Promised gift of David Knaus

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 Arthur Tress

API
artworks/20326



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