Carnival Ball
Using only the available light in her studio, the artist positioned a glass sphere on the rim of crystal glass so that the striped backdrop is filtered through its transparent, yet distorting, surfaces. As the glass tapers down into variously faceted sections, for instance, the stripes seem endlessly refracted and subdivided—both faithful rendition and magic trick.
Artwork Details
- Title: Carnival Ball
- Artist: Sarah Charlesworth (American, East Orange, New Jersey 1947–2013 Hartford, Connecticut)
- Date: 2011
- Medium: Chromogenic print
- Dimensions: Frame: 105.4 x 81.3 cm (41 1/2 x 32 in.)
Image: 100.3 x 76.2 cm (39 1/2 x 30 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, Marian and James H. Cohen Gift, in memory of their son, Michael Harrison Cohen, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.331
- Rights and Reproduction: The Estate of Sarah Charlesworth
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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