Duane Michals
The Dream of Flowers

The Dream of Flowers

© Duane Michals. Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York

The Dream of Flowers
The Dream of Flowers
ArtistAmerican, born 1932
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Dream of Flowers
Date1986
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsImage (Each of four): 3 7/16 × 5 3/16 in. (8.8 × 13.2 cm)
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 8 in. (12.5 × 20.3 cm)
Mat (each): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.913.A-.D
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Duane Michals uses photographic sequences to stage dreamlike
stories that intertwine the intimate and the surreal. As the sequences unfold,
they explore broad themes of love, loss, separation, death, longing, and
connection, while also speaking to specific political and cultural concerns. In
The Dream of Flowers, an allusion to the AIDS crisis, a young man with his eyes
closed rests his head on a reflective surface. With each progressive photograph,
he is slowly covered with flowers that evoke a funeral but also suggest a
rebirth or a continuation of life after death.




ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
A. top margin above image in ink " The Dream of Flowers "
B. top margin above image in ink " 2 "
C. top margin above image in ink " 3 "
D. top margin above image in ink " 4 "
below image D. on margin of sheet in ink " Duane Michals 6/25 "

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