Hollis Frampton

IV. CHIMAERA (Challorhynchus capensis)

1982

A dried preserved sea creature with elongated head and trailing strips hangs against a dark background.

A dried preserved sea creature with elongated head and trailing strips hangs against a dark background.

Not on view

Date
1982

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Image: 19 5/8 × 15 5/8 in. (49.8 × 39.7 cm)

Accession number
2016.84.4

Edition
4/14

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee and Brian Silver

Rights and reproductions
© The Estate of Hollis Frampton. Courtesy ROOM EAST, New York

API
artworks/49276

Part of a series:
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14 works

A preserved squid specimen with a flattened body and coiled tentacles against black.

A large folded sheet of crinkled yellowed paper lies flat against a black background.

A dried preserved sea creature with elongated head and trailing strips hangs against a dark background.

A pressed four-leaf clover with a small metallic bead pinned near the center on black background.

A dried preserved frog specimen lies on a dark background with limbs splayed.

A long shed snake skin coiled loosely on a dark background, showing detailed scale patterns.

Two halved mushrooms with exposed gills and textured caps against a dark background.

A preserved dried fish lies sideways against a plain black background.

Three dried lotus seed pods with pins inserted, arranged vertically against a dark background.

Dried frog specimen with limbs splayed and pinned against a dark background.

Hollis Frampton
15 works in the collection, 5 exhibitions

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