Artist
Thomas Struth(German, born 1954)German, born 1954
CultureGerman
Titles
- Haus an der Weissenburgstrasse/Geisbergweg
- House on Weissenbeurg Street/Geisberg Way
- from the portfolio Eine Projektion für Münster
Date1987
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (37.4 × 25.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (40 × 27.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (40 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Bill and Sara Morgan in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2379.1
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
of his own photographs of postwar architecture taken in and around Münster,
Germany, in 1987. The projections were made onto facades of buildings in the
old part of Münster at dusk until 3 a.m. at sites selected by Münster citizens.
By projecting portraits of modern buildings without any human figures, Struth
contemplates the history of the city, a majority of which was bombed at the end
of World War II. This series was commissioned as part of the 1987 Skulptur und Projekte Münster.
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Contemporary Photos from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 5/17 through 8/10/03.
"Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, February 21 - May 9, 2010.
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Thomas Struth
1987
Gelatin silver print
2002.2379.6
Thomas Struth
1987
Gelatin silver print
2002.2379.5
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1930
Rotogravure
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