
Three Color Curl (CMY): Irvine, California, August 19th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C
Walead Beshty's *Three Color Curl (CMY): Irvine, California, August 19th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C* is a unique chromogenic print photogram created by exposing photosensitive paper directly to light, without the use of a camera. The work features sweeping, fluid bands of cyan, magenta, and yellow — the foundational colors of photographic printing — that curl and bleed across the surface, recording the physical handling and chance gestures of the artist. The result is an abstract, process-driven image that foregrounds the material nature of photography itself, questioning the medium's relationship to representation and documentation.
- Medium
- Unique chromogenic print photogram.
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- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
November 23, 2021
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