Untitled, 1998, from the portfolio The Renaissance Society
Zoe Leonard, American, born 1961
negative 1998; print 2011
Gelatin silver print on glossy archive paper mounted on archival board
14/30
Image: 20 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (51.4 × 35.3 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 19 15/16 in. (61 × 50.6 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
2014.26.9
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, lower right, in graphite: UNtitled / 1988/2011 / Zoe Leonard / 14/30 / ZL-320-PH
Label
The color of this work and the high viewpoint of the airplane blur the distinctions between the clouds and water below, rendering the horizon line indistinguishable and abstracting the landscape. The stark blackness surrounding the window contrasts with the view, emphasizing the window as a geometric shape. The subject of the work is not the view, but rather the place from which the viewer is looking—the window itself.
“I was, and remain, interested in engaging a simultaneous questioning of both subject and vantage point, the relation between viewer and world—in short, subjectivity and how it informs our experience of the world.” –Leonard
From the 2023 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 113, On View: Windows in Art, curated by Leigh Smith '23, Erbe Intern
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 113, On View: Windows in Art, Leigh Smith '23, Erbe Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1 - August 12, 2023.
Provenance
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 2014.
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