Family Combinations
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Wegman’s early photographs and short videos often have the character of perceptual experiments carried out by a befuddled amateur scientist. In this poker-faced parody of Francis Galton’s method of composite portraiture, he presents every possible photographic doubling of his father, his mother, and himself.
Artwork Details
- Title: Family Combinations
- Artist: William Wegman (American, born 1943)
- Date: 1972
- Medium: Gelatin silver prints
- Dimensions: Image: 31.6 x 25.9 cm (12 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.) each
Sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in.) each
Frame: 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Robert and Gayle Greenhill
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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