Marble Game (#100)
1980
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silver dye bleach print
Dimensions
image: 46 × 58 cm (18 1/8 × 22 13/16 in.) sheet: 50.8 × 60.96 cm (20 × 24 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.4222
Art Historical Context
**Marble Game (#100)** created by Jo Ann Callis in1980, is a silver dye bleach print measuring 46 × 58 cm. This photograph captures the artist's innovative approach to color imagery during a pivotal era in American photography, when artists began embracing vibrant, constructed scenes to challenge traditional notions of reality. Callis, a trailblazing figure in postmodern photography, often transformed everyday objects into enigmatic tableaux, and the playful title hints at a staged composition involving marbles—evoking games, chance, and subtle tension. The silver dye bleach process, also kno...