Burt Barr
The Long Dissolve

The Long Dissolve
The Long Dissolve
The Long Dissolve
ArtistAmerican, 1938–2016
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Long Dissolve
Date1998
PlaceUnited States
MediumVideo, black and white, edition 2/3
Dimensions9 minutes, 15 seconds
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Nightingale Code Foundation
Object number98.517
Non exposé

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Description


This simple video, a still photograph slowly brought to life, explores the concept of the single take in filmmaking.



Provenance[Lawing Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History“Burt Barr,” Lawing Gallery, Houston, September 11–October 24, 1998. [No catalogue].

“Burt Barr: Projections,” Whitney Museum, New York, November 8, 2001–January 27, 2002.

"Infinite Pause: Photography and Time," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 18–September 5, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on disc label: Burt Barr / Long Dissolve / 7/27/98 / Handle by edges only / Telstar Editing / 29 West 38th Street New York, NY 10018 (212) 730-1000 fax (212) 768-0840
Inscribed on box lid label: Telstar Editing / 29 West 38th Street / New York, NY 10018 / (212) 730-1000 / BURT BARR / LONG DISSOLVE / 7/27/98
Inscribed on box lid label: Lawing Gallery, 214 Travis Street, Houston 77002 / Burt Barr / The Long Dissolve 1997 (sic) Video projection / 9:15 minutes / ed 2/3
Inscribed on box side label: 3 (2281-4)
Printed on cover sheet: THE LONG DISSOLVE (1998) / BURT BARR
Signed in graphite on cover sheet: 2/3 1999 BURT
Signed in graphite on cover sheet: 2/3 1999 BURT

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