| Maker(s): | Warhol, Andy
| | Culture: | American (1928-1987)
| | Title: | Human Heart
| | Date Made: | 1979-1980
| | Type: | Photograph
| | Materials: | Polaroid Polacolor Type 108
| | Measurements: | Mat: 11 in x 8 7/8 in; 27.9 cm x 22.5 cm; Sheet: 4 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 10.8 cm x 8.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | BLIND STAMP: recto, lwr. r. (blind stamp, embossed): © ANDY WARHOL; ALPHANUMERICS: verso, upp. ctr. (graphite): FA 09.02172; ALPHANUMERICS: verso, lwr. ctr. (stamped in black ink): L914931; INITIALS: verso, lwr. l. (graphite): RM; STAMP: verso, lwr. l. (blue ink, circular stamp): AUTHORIZED BY THE / ANDY WARHOL / A / W / FOUNDATION / FOR THE VISUAL ARTS; STAMP: verso, lwr. r. (blue ink, circular stamp): THE ESTATE / OF / ANDY WARHOL
| | Accession Number: | UM 2008.98
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, on loan from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
| | Museum Collection: | University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMASS Amherst
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Description:
Domestic life; Photo apparently of human heart on a dinner plate, with silverware.
Label Text:
2009 Curatorial Fellowship Exhibition Label: The Minox and the Big Shot
In 1971, Andy Warhol purchased the Polaroid Big Shot camera. The Big Shot was specifically designed for portraiture. It had a fixed focal distance of a few feet, a limitation that suited the standardized nature of Warhol’s work. Warhol cropped his sitters just below their shoulders, and posed them against a blank studio wall. Portrait sessions with the Big Shot typically lasted for hours and resulted in the accumulation of dozens of Polaroids for the artist to choose from for the eventual production of a commissioned silkscreen portrait. Thus, the instant portrait offered by the Big Shot morphed into a protracted event, more akin to a traditional portrait session. The accumulation of images reveals minute changes in expression, pose, and personality. The resultant sequence, this sum of instances, perhaps amplifies the sitter more effectively than the silkscreen itself.
Kathleen Banach
Tags:
food; still lifes; anatomy Link to share this object record:
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