Josh Brand
Pete in the Doorway

Pete in the Doorway
Pete in the Doorway
Pete in the Doorway
ArtistAmerican, born 1980
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pete in the Doorway
Date2011–2013
Place depictedNew York City, New York, United States
MediumChromogenic print, ink, dyes, mixed media
DimensionsImage: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Sheet: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Frame (Original): 19 × 14 × 1 1/4 in. (48.3 × 35.5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2014.66
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionJosh Brand experiments with simple gestures and an open-ended mode of composition—influenced by his interest in musical collaboration—to create unique photographs that cut against the serial and documentary grain of conventional photography. Pete in Doorway is thickly tinted with inks and dyes that from afar looks like an infernal landscape. With an ocular form in its center, the photograph also appears as an enigmatic portrait within a mysterious dark void. Brand’s sense of the “natural” proves indebted to the imaginary.
ProvenanceJosh Brand; Misako & Rosen; MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition HistoryMisako & Rosen booth, Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas, October 10-13, 2013

“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Two printed paper labels on verso lower edge:
Misako & Rosen 170-0012 (Japanese text)3-27-6-1F / tel:6276-1452 fax: 03-6276-1453 / Kita-Otsuka 3-27-6, Toshima-Ku,

BR-PH-13-06 / Josh Brand (Japanese text) / Pete in the Doorway / 2011-2013 / c-print, ink, dyes, mixed media / image: 15 x 10cm frame size: 48.3 x .5.5 cm

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