

Two Sisters, Photo 1995, rare dye destruction print Photograph
1990
Two Sisters, dated 1995 and printed in the rare dye destruction process, presents an intimate double portrait rendered in the luminous, chemically precise color palette that defines this now largely discontinued photographic method. Measuring approximately 55.9 by 62.9 centimeters, the work captures two young girls with a quiet psychological directness that resists sentimentality, inviting sustained looking rather than easy resolution. The dye destruction process, also known as dye bleach printing, produces colors of exceptional depth and archival stability, and the format here amplifies a sense of stillness that feels deliberately weighted. The print is presented unmounted and matted, bearing the artist's signature, and retains the material intimacy of an object handled with care rather than spectacle. Daniel Joseph Martinez, born in Los Angeles in 1957, has spent decades using photography, installation, and text-based work to interrogate identity, power, and the politics of the visible. His photographs carry the same conceptual rigor as his more overtly provocative public interventions, grounding formal beauty in questions of social meaning. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, among other major institutions. He has received fellowships from the Getty Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Herb Alpert Foundation, and was named a United States Artists Fellow in 2007. This print represents a quieter, more personal register of his practice, offered through Lions Gallery.
- Medium
- Color Print, Dye Transfer Print
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Lions Gallery, Surfside, FL
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Lions GalleryView on map
For Sale — $1200
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