Untitled #49, 2002, from the portfolio The Renaissance Society
Laura Letinsky, Canadian, born 1962
negative 2002; print 2011
Archival pigment print mounted on archival board
14/30
Image: 15 3/8 × 20 1/16 in. (39.1 × 50.9 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 24 1/8 in. (50.8 × 61.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through gifts from Morton D. May, Class of 1936; Mrs. Walter L. Weil; Vernon F. West, Class of 1909; Sarah Branch Jackson Coonley Morgan Doyle, daughter of Robert Jackson, Class of 1900, by exchange
2014.26.10
Geography
Place Made: Canada, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, on reverse, lower right, in black ink: Laura Letinsky 14/30
Label
In this photograph, Laura Letinsky reflects on the Dutch
still-life painting tradition. Bowls of fruit and objects are
messily yet carefully arranged on the verge of tumbling
off the table. While her Dutch predecessors aimed to paint
a moment frozen in time, Letinsky’s photograph captures
the aftermath of still-life painting’s leftovers. The peaches
in this photo have started to rot, a cracked pit smears the
cutting board, and splatters of juice stain the tablecloth.
This tension plays with the viewer’s expectations and
questions the legacy of the still-life painting genre.
Course History
SART 30/SART 75, Photography II/III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
From the Field: Tracing Foodways Through Art, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 8-November 3, 2024.
Provenance
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 2014.
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