Camera Obscura: The Empire State Building in Bedroom, New York

1991

Abelardo Morell

Associated Names
Abelardo Morell

Artist, American, born Cuba, 1948

This is a photograph of a bedroom with an inverted cityscape projection. The image shows a neatly made bed with white sheets, a nightstand with a lamp, and various small items. The projection of a city skyline is displayed upside down behind the bed, contrasting the indoor setting with the urban environment outside. Light and shadow play across the bed and the wall, creating textures and depths within a monochromatic color palette.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Paula Ely and Cesar Rueda

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.4 × 57.15 cm (17 7/8 × 22 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 50.17 × 60.96 cm (19 3/4 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.159.2

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 The Empire / State Building in Bedroom, 1994

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