Robert Heinecken
Recto/Verso #11

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Artist Robert Heinecken (American, 1931–2006)American, 1931–2006

CultureAmerican

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Recto/Verso #11
from the portfolio Recto/Verso

Date1988

PlaceUnited States

MediumSilver dye bleach print, photogram with text page

Dimensions.A image: 10 7/8 × 8 inches (27.6 × 20.3 cm)
.A sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
.B image/sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (50.5 × 40.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Polaroid Foundation and Photography Accessions funds

Object number93.128.11.A,.B

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionRobert Heinecken rarely took his own photographs. Instead, he appropriated and manipulated images from magazines, advertisements, and other media in order to question the nature of photography and issues in contemporary culture as well as to engage the element of chance in artistic creation. In the series, Recto/Verso, he used magazine pages as his negatives, which he contact printed, merging the images on both sides of the page into one composite. Fragmented language, advertisements, and elements of feature stories are interwoven in disconcerting and provocative images.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: .A Inscribed in pencil on verso, left bottom edge: "Recto/Verso #11", center bottom edge: "AP 9/10", text in image.

.A Signed in pencil on verso, lower right corner: "Heinecken '88"

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