Artist
Will Michels (American, born 1968)American, born 1968
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Flagellation – Blurred
- from the series Studies
Date2014, printed 2015
MediumSalted paper print with artist's frame
DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Frame: 16 1/8 × 18 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (41 × 46.2 × 5.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Frame: 16 1/8 × 18 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (41 × 46.2 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors
Object number2016.148
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition HistoryInfinite Pause: Photography and Time, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, June 18 - September 11, 2016
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of print top left, sideways: BERGGER // 24 m LIGHT BOX/ 50 ML SALT/ 8 DROPS TWEEN/ 20 DROPS Pot. DI.
Stamped in red ink, verso of print, top left: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY // NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT // THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF // THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Signed in pencil, verso of print, bottom right: Will Michels 2014/2015
Inscribed in pencil, verso of print, bottom right: THE FLAGELLATION – BLURRED // SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH. [underlined]
Stamped in red ink, verso of print bottom right: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY //NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT // THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF // THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Applied label, verso of frame, bottom left: [image from Star Trek] // WILL MICHELS // P.O. Box 542041 [dot] Houston, TX 77254
Applied wood, verso of frame, bottom left: [a wooden cutout in the shape of a butterfly]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, bottom left: Will [with arrow pointing to school photo next to it]
Applied school photo, verso of frame, bottom left: [1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in (4.1 x 3 cm), school picture of Will Michels as a child, held on with two pieces of silver tape on the top left and bottom right corners]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, left edge: THIS WAS MADE BY WILL [starts bottom left and goes around edge of artist’s handprint up to the top left, text grows small to large bottom to top]
Graphite, verso of frame, left center: [artist’s handprint in graphite, graphite is not set so it will smudge if touched directly]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame backing board, bottom right: Will Michels [signed] 2014/2015 // THE FLAGELLATION – BLURRED // SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, bottom right: OTHER SIDE [upside down from other text, underlined with arrow pointing to the signature and title above]
Applied verso of frame, top right: [6.5 x 6 3/8 in (16.5 x 16.3cm) cyanotype photograph, adhered with linen tape on the corners]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, top right: MOTION STUDY NO. 23 – 2011 – CYANOTYPE [arrow pointing to cyanotype to the left of text]
Stamped in red ink, verso of print, top left: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY // NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT // THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF // THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Signed in pencil, verso of print, bottom right: Will Michels 2014/2015
Inscribed in pencil, verso of print, bottom right: THE FLAGELLATION – BLURRED // SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH. [underlined]
Stamped in red ink, verso of print bottom right: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY //NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT // THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF // THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Applied label, verso of frame, bottom left: [image from Star Trek] // WILL MICHELS // P.O. Box 542041 [dot] Houston, TX 77254
Applied wood, verso of frame, bottom left: [a wooden cutout in the shape of a butterfly]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, bottom left: Will [with arrow pointing to school photo next to it]
Applied school photo, verso of frame, bottom left: [1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in (4.1 x 3 cm), school picture of Will Michels as a child, held on with two pieces of silver tape on the top left and bottom right corners]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, left edge: THIS WAS MADE BY WILL [starts bottom left and goes around edge of artist’s handprint up to the top left, text grows small to large bottom to top]
Graphite, verso of frame, left center: [artist’s handprint in graphite, graphite is not set so it will smudge if touched directly]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame backing board, bottom right: Will Michels [signed] 2014/2015 // THE FLAGELLATION – BLURRED // SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, bottom right: OTHER SIDE [upside down from other text, underlined with arrow pointing to the signature and title above]
Applied verso of frame, top right: [6.5 x 6 3/8 in (16.5 x 16.3cm) cyanotype photograph, adhered with linen tape on the corners]
Inscribed in pencil, verso of frame, top right: MOTION STUDY NO. 23 – 2011 – CYANOTYPE [arrow pointing to cyanotype to the left of text]
Signed in pencil, verso of frame backing board, bottom right: Will Michels 2014/2015 // THE FLAGELLATION – BLURRED // SALTED PAPER PHOTOGRAPH
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