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Title
Umbragraphic Landscape #1
Creator
Gonzales-Day, Ken
Date Created and/or Issued
2008
Publication Information
Scripps College
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Ken Gonzales-Day Collection
Rights Information
All rights are retained by Ken Gonzales-Day. For permission to use this item, contact the artist.
Description
Photograph of "Umbragraphic Landscape #1," as shown at "Ken Gonzales-Day: Physiognomy and the Love of Mankind" at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles. Piece is a representation of Death Valley sand dunes drawn in forehead contours. In this series Gonzales-Day explores the physiognomatic theories of Johann Lavater, as well as the nature photographs of Ansel Adams and "Group f.64."
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
kgd00213.jpg
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kgd/id/218
Subject
Art Exhibitions
Photography
Physiognomy
Physiognomy in art
Frames
Drawing
Group f.64
Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
Steve Turner Gallery
Time Period
2008-04-18 – 2008-05-17
Place
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Relation
Umbragraphic Drawings
Ken Gonzales-Day - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/kgd

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