The Metropolitan Opera: Romeo and Juliet Set
Abelardo Morell's work documenting 'The Metropolitan Opera: Romeo and Juliet Set' is a mounted gelatin silver print capturing the grandeur of operatic stage design. The photograph transforms architectural and theatrical elements into a fine art composition.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, mounted.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
September 25, 2020
Spotted works by Abelardo Morell
Artists in conversation
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japanese · b. 1948
Sugimoto's large format black and white photography of theaters and performance spaces shares Morell's approach of transforming architectural and theatrical environments into luminous fine art compositions using gelatin silver print techniques.
Julius Shulman
American · b. 1910
Shulman elevated architectural photography into fine art with monochrome prints that captured the grandeur and drama of designed spaces, closely mirroring Morell's documentary yet artistic approach to theatrical and architectural subjects.
Candida Höfer
German · b. 1944
Höfer specializes in large scale photography of grand cultural and performance spaces including opera houses and theaters, sharing Morell's focus on transforming monumental architectural and theatrical environments into contemplative fine art images.
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