John Divola
D07F30

D07F30

© 1996 John Divola

D07F30
D07F30
ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • D07F30
  • from the series Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert
Date1996–2001
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 × 22 3/4 in. (38.1 × 57.8 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Barrett Reasoner in honor of Harry and Macey Reasoner at "One Great Night in November, 2017"
Object number2017.431
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“Contemplating a dog chasing a car invites any number of
metaphors and juxtapositions: culture and nature, the domestic and the wild, love and
hate, joy and fear, the heroic and the idiotic. It could be viewed as a visceral
and kinetic dance. Here we have two vectors and velocities, that of a dog and
that of a car and, seeing that a camera will never capture reality and that a
dog will never catch a car, evidence of devotion to a hopeless enterprise.”—John
Divola



ProvenanceThe artist; [Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black and red, verso, applied label on frame backing board: galleryluisotti // at Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue number a2 Santa Monica, California 904904 // John Divola // D07F30, 1996-2001 // Series: Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert, 1996-2001 // Gelatin silver print // 20 x 24 inch print // Edition #5 of 5, plus 2 AP's // DIV0661

Printed in black and red, verso, applied label on frame backing board: Framed with // Vos encadrements avec Enmarcado en // Optium // Acrylic Glazing // TRUE VUE // [...]

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