After Walker Evans
1982
After Walker Evans
1982
The work of American artist Sherrie Levine is an example of appropriation art, notably in her photographic reproductions of works by great artists, all of them male. She questions the ideas of authorship, originality and authenticity, together with the under-representation of women in art history. After Walker Evans was her first work in this vein: Levine re-photographed images by the celebrated photographer Walker Evans that she found reproduced in a catalogue. The “after” of the title refers both to this artistic indebtedness and to the postmodern anxiety of having arrived too late, “after” the great artistic revolutions.
Domain | Photo |
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Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique |
Dimensions | 25,3 x 20,2 cm |
Acquisition | Don de American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, 2020 |
Inventory no. | AM 2021-492 (4) |
Is part of the set |
After Walker Evans Ensemble (Dissociable set of artworks) |
Detailed description
Artist |
Sherrie Levine
(1947, États-Unis) | |
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Main title | After Walker Evans | |
Creation date | 1982 | |
Is part of the set | After Walker Evans Ensemble (Dissociable set of artworks) 4 photographies N&B | |
Domain | Photo | |
Description | 1 photographie | |
Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique | |
Dimensions | 25,3 x 20,2 cm | |
Acquisition | Don de American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, 2020 | |
Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie | |
Inventory no. | AM 2021-492 (4) |