Robert Heinecken

unique large-format Polaroid Polacolor print, credit in pencil on the reverse, 1983

Constance Sullivan, ed., Legacy of Light (New York, 1987), p. 247 (this print)

This unique Polacolor print is in generally excellent condition. The colors are saturated, with no apparent fading.
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The photogram offered here uses food that is standard fare in a typical art world lunch: fresh leafy greens and other vegetables, parsley, pasta, chopped olives, lemons slices, cherry tomatoes, grapes, and a glass of wine.  In contrast to the more proletarian meals that comprise part of Foodgrams #4 and #5 (Lots 196 and 39), the art world lunch is a gourmet repast signaling aspirations to sophistication and status.

The title 'Iconographic Art Lunch' is taken from similar foodgrams in the Robert Heinecken Trust.