Real Estate #907914
1990
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 15.24 × 22.86 cm (6 × 9 in.) sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David Knaus, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
2014.159.1.11
Art Historical Context
Henry Wessel's *Real Estate #907914 (1990) is a striking chromogenic print, a photographic process that became prominent in the late 20 century for its vibrant, stable hues derived from color negatives. Measuring a intimate 15.24 × 22.86 cm (6 × 9 in.), this exemplifies Wessel's keen eye for the American everyday, often capturing suburban and urban fringes with a quiet, observational precision. As part of the National Gallery of Art's photography collection (CPH department), it reflects the medium's evolution from documentary to fine art during the post-war era. Wessel, a influential American...
About the Artist
Henry Wessel
Henry Wessel (1942–2018) was an American photographer celebrated for his spare, clear-eyed photographs of everyday life in the American West and beyond. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, he studied at Pennsylvania State University and later at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he worked with the influential photographer Minor White. White's emphasis on photography as a medium of carefu...