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Untitled, “For Puffin”

1999
20th century
280 x 280 mm (11 x 11 in.)

Sandra Newbury, American, b. born 1965

Object Type: photograph

Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on Agfa Classic paper

Series: from portfolio 11 x 11 x 11 for Puffin

Edition: Number 3 from edition of 25 printed by the artist for the portfolio “11 x 11 x 11 for Puffin” of 11 works, each 11 by 11 inches. 25 portfolios were produced. Ten were made available for purchase, with the proceeds to fund DAC acquisitions in honor of Curator Emerita Ellen G. D’Oench, known to her friends as “Puffin.” The portfolio was produced by Professor of Art David Schorr with partial funding support from Wesleyan University President Douglas Bennet and Dean of the Arts and Humanities Michael Roberts. It includes display type hand set at Wesleyan and text composed in monotype by Michael Bixler (Skaneateles, New York). The letterpress printing was done at Wesleyan by David Schorr.

Marks: Signed in pencil, lower right: “NEWBURY”; numbered, lower left: “2/25”

Marks: Watermark: No watermark

Credit Line: Gift of the artist in honor of Ellen G. D’Oench (BA Wesleyan 1973, Trustee 1977–1979, DAC Curator 1979–1998), 1999

Accession Number: 1999.25.8

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abstraction*, nonrepresentational art*, photograms*

abstraction - Use for the general concept and approach. For the 20th-century movement and its products, use "Abstract." [April 1993 related term added.]
nonrepresentational art - Art which presents a visual form with no specific reference to anything outside itself. With regard to 20th-century art, use "Nonobjective." [May 1993 related term added.]
photograms - Photographs produced without a camera, usually by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light. Includes Talbot's first photographs, which he called photogenic drawings. In the early 20th century the term was sometimes used to mean all photographs. [April 1992 descriptor moved.]

Location Latitude: American, Longitude: D'Oench

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image Dimensions: 280 x 280 mm (11 x 11 in.)

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Sandra Newbury, American, b. born 1965 . Untitled, “For Puffin”, 1999. From 11 x 11 x 11 for Puffin. Gelatin silver print on Agfa Classic paper. image : 280 x 280 mm (11 x 11 in.). Sheet : 280 x 280 mm (11 x 11 in.). DAC accession number 1999.25.8. Gift of the artist in honor of Ellen G. D’Oench (BA Wesleyan 1973, Trustee 1977–1979, DAC Curator 1979–1998), 1999.

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Untitled, “For Puffin”