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To take this photograph, Thomas Struth set up his camera in the middle of a street early in the morning, choosing a single vanishing point perspective and taking advantage of the neutral light. The Board of Trade building shuts out the sun from above, literally creating a concrete canyon of an imposing Art Deco facade. In this example from an early black-and-white series of such city scenes, Struth investigates the way architecture can seem to represent or project states of being within the contemporary urban landscape with its mixture of the old and the modern.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2001.
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- DMA unpublished material = Charles Wylie, Acquisition Proposal, 2001. In Collections Records object file (2001.261).
- Thomas Struth, DMA 2002
- Life in Space: Staging Identity, DMA 2009
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Until 2001: Thomas Struth (b. 1954)
2001: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased through Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated August 25, 2000, in the Collections Records object file (2001.261).
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General Description
To take this photograph, Thomas Struth set up his camera in the middle of a street early in the morning, choosing a single vanishing point perspective and taking advantage of the neutral light. The Board of Trade building shuts out the sun from above, literally creating a concrete canyon of an imposing Art Deco facade. In this example from an early black-and-white series of such city scenes, Struth investigates the way architecture can seem to represent or project states of being within the contemporary urban landscape with its mixture of the old and the modern.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2001.
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Archival Resources
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Notes
- DMA unpublished material = Charles Wylie, Acquisition Proposal, 2001. In Collections Records object file (2001.261).
- Thomas Struth, DMA 2002
- Life in Space: Staging Identity, DMA 2009
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2001: Thomas Struth (b. 1954)
2001: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased through Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated August 25, 2000, in the Collections Records object file (2001.261).
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