Camera Obscura: Houses Across the Street in Our Living Room

1991

Abelardo Morell

Associated Names
Abelardo Morell

Artist, American, born Cuba, 1948

The image shows a wooden chair positioned in the center of the room, flanked by a tall floor lamp on the left and a potted plant on the right, all cast with shadows on a white background. The scene is rendered in grayscale, consisting of varying shades of black, white, and gray. The chair is placed in front of double doors, with the lamp standing to its left near the wall and the plant to its right near the bottom corner. On the left side, a closed door and framed photos are visible on the walls.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Paula Ely and Cesar Rueda

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.72 × 57.15 cm (18 × 22 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 60.96 cm (20 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.159.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles); Paula Ely, Studio City, CA, 2019; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: ABELARDO MORELL; lower right: Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street In Our Living Room, 1991

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