Luigi Ghirri
Napoli

Napoli
Napoli
Napoli
ArtistItalian, 1943–1992
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Napoli
Date1981
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 14 3/16 in. (24.1 × 36.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 15 15/16 in. (28.7 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1135
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Influenced by Conceptual art, Ghirri began producing color photographs of landscape and architecture in the 1970s and gained renown for his depiction of the tenuous balance between people and their surroundings. He photographed parks, beaches, and urban scenes of his native Italy in relatively pale hues.


As seen in Napoli, he frequently presented a cropped or enclosed image of the landscape as seen from an interior, and he often made reference to photography’s role in the relationship between fiction and reality with a deadpan, ironic wit or sense of mystery. The compositions and hues of his photographs also suggest subtle emotional tones and a rich way of experiencing the world through photography.


Provenanceartist, Modena; acquired by Manfred Heiting from Luigi Ghirri Studio, 4/11/1978
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There are no further inscriptions.
signed, dated, in pencil, on recto of print, signed, titled, dated, in ink, on verso of print;

Signed in pencil, recto of sheet, beneath lower right of image, and dated: "1981"
Also signed in ink, verso of sheet, lower right: "Napeles, 1981 Ghirri '81"

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