
Cloud Machine
A solitary figure tends to a mysterious mechanical contraption amid a barren, dreamlike landscape, as billowing clouds churn overhead in response to the machine's labors. ParkeHarrison's signature hand-altered silver print blurs the boundary between photography and painting, lending the image a timeworn, allegorical quality. The work speaks to humanity's obsessive and often futile attempts to control the natural world through technology and industry.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print with acrylic paint, gels and varnishes, flush-mounted to artist's wooden frame.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
October 1, 2013
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