Milan Cathedral (façade), Milan
This photograph of the Milan Cathedral in bright sunlight laminates onto a single plane the timelessness of the twisting figures decorating a façade that developed over nearly three centuries with the ephemeral passage of noonday loungers, strollers, and sunbathers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Milan Cathedral (façade), Milan
- Artist: Thomas Struth (German, born Geldern, 1954)
- Date: 1998
- Medium: Chromogenic print
- Dimensions: Frame: 74 1/4 × 92 1/2 in. (188.6 × 235 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift through Joyce and Robert Menschel and Jennifer and Joseph Duke Gift, 2000
- Object Number: 2000.133
- Rights and Reproduction: © Thomas Struth
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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