Gale Studio – Painted Floor With Spoon
1979
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 76 × 94 cm (29 15/16 × 37 in.) mount: 101.6 × 121.92 cm (40 × 48 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., a Federal Agency, and The Polaroid Corporation)
Accession Number
2015.19.4181
Art Historical Context
Leland Rice's *Gale Studio – Painted With Spoon* (1979) captures a striking studio composition through the lens of color photography, highlighting everyday elements like a vividly painted floor and a lone spoon. This chromogenic print, a color process that emerged in the mid-20th century and flourished in the 1970s, produces rich, saturated hues from color negatives, allowing artists like Rice to explore texture, light, and abstraction with unprecedented vibrancy. At 76 × 94 cm, the image invites viewers into an intimate yet surreal space, transforming mundane objects into meditative subjects....