Real Estate #909617
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
2014.159.1.8
Art Historical Context
Henry Wessel's *Real Estate #909617* (1990) is a striking chromogenic print, 15.24 × 22.86 cm, that exemplifies the artist's keen eye for the everyday landscapes of late-20th-century America.ogenic prints, developed from color negatives, allowed Wessel to capture vibrant, true-to-life hues, bringing a fresh immediacy to his documentary-style photography. Donated to the National Gallery of Art honor of the 25 anniversary of its photography collection this work resides in the CPH department, highlighting its place among institutional treasures. Wessel, a key figure in the New Topographics movem...
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...