$7 Million
A striking black-and-white gelatin silver print by Abelardo Morell, *$7 Million* captures the artist's signature ability to find wonder and tension in everyday objects and spaces. The flush-mounted presentation enhances the image's crisp, seamless quality, drawing the viewer directly into its meticulously composed subject matter. Morell's masterful command of light and shadow transforms the ordinary into something deeply contemplative and visually arresting.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print, flush-mounted.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
November 6, 2015
Spotted works by Abelardo Morell
Artists in conversation
Irving Penn
American · b. 1917
Penn's black and white still life photography shares Morell's meticulous compositional control and ability to transform mundane objects into deeply contemplative images through precise manipulation of light and shadow.
Edward Weston
American · b. 1886
Weston's gelatin silver prints of everyday objects elevate ordinary subjects into visually arresting studies of form and texture, mirroring Morell's approach of finding profound wonder within familiar and unremarkable subject matter.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
American · b. 1925
Meatyard's monochromatic documentary photography shares Morell's capacity to inject psychological tension and contemplative unease into carefully observed everyday scenes and objects through masterful tonal contrast.
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