Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston

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Lot 127
  • 127

Adam Fuss b. 1961

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Adam Fuss
  • UNTITLED (POEM, FROM THE SERIES 'MY GHOST')
daguerreotype, framed to the photographer's specifications, signed, dated, and numbered '36.2' by the photographer in blue pencil and with a Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, label on the reverse, 2000

Provenance

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Acquired by Margaret W. Weston from the above, 2001

Catalogue Note

The oversized daguerreotype offered here, from Fuss's My Ghost series, shows the text of a poem by Arseny Tarkovsky, translated to English.  Tarkovsky's poetry was a point of fascination for Fuss, who was also interested in the work of Tarkovsky's son, the famous Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.  Themes present in the Tarkovskys' work, including memories of childhood, dreams, fire and water, and reflections, are seen throughout the My Ghost series, as well as in many of Fuss's other works.