Nina Katchadourian
Primitive Art

Primitive Art

© Nina Katchadourian

Primitive Art
Primitive Art
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Primitive Art
  • from the series Sorted Books
Date2001
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 19 in. (30.5 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer, in memory of Francis L. Lederer II
Object number2018.10
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionNina
Katchadourian’s series Sorted Books exposes the character of book collections
through improvisational arrangements. For Primitive
Art
, she used books from the library of the Akron Museum of Art to
reference the influence of African sculpture on the paintings of Pablo Picasso.
Katchadourian questions what hidden stories collected possessions might reveal.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black and white, verso, frame border: EAST FRAMES // FINE CUSTOM FRAMING // [...] // ULTRAVOLET [SIC] FILTERING PLEXI GLASS/OP-3/OP2 // [...]

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