Rie Ouchi
1997
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View on museum website →Medium
chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 59.4 x 47 cm (23 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.) sheet: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) support: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection
Accession Number
2006.159.13
Art Historical Context
Sharon Lockhart’s 1997 chromogenic print “Rie Ouchi” offers a quietly intimate portrait that reflects the artist’s interest in observing everyday subjects with precision and restraint. Working in the late 1990s, Lockhart often combined photography and film to explore themes of time, labor, and personal presence; this work exemplifies her measured approach, presenting the sitter with clarity and dignity against a simple background. The image is rendered as a chromogenic print, a color process favored by many artists of the period for its rich tonal range and archival stability. The photograph’...