Artist
Erin Shirreff(Canadian, active United States, born 1975)Canadian, active United States, born 1975
CultureCanadian
Titles
- Signature
Date2010
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage (open, unfolded): 21 1/2 x 32 in. (54.6 x 81.3 cm)
Sheet (open, unfolded): 23 1/2 x 32 in. (59.7 x 81.3 cm)
Sheet (open, unfolded): 23 1/2 x 32 in. (59.7 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of John A. MacMahon
Object number2014.1040
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Erin
Shirreff defies categorization, intentionally blurring the lines between
sculpture, photography, and film. In her Signature
series, she photographed her own minimalist sculptures and printed half of two
separate images side by side on a single sheet of paper. Together they suggest
some imaginary third sculpture whose elements seem slightly amiss even as they
hint at a more complex whole. Finally, Shirreff presents her photograph like
the curled pages of an open book—both a photograph of sculpture and a sculpture
of photography.
ProvenanceThe artist; Sikkema Jenkins, New York; John MacMahon, Chicago, IL, date unknown through Lisa Cooley Fine Art; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, verso, lower left: Erin Shirreff 2010 1AP
Signed in pencil, verso, lower left: Erin Shirreff 2010 1AP
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