Nine photogravure prints on paper by Cornelia Parker. An arrangement of glassware from the archive of WHF. Talbot. Each signed by the artist and labelled 'MP 1/1' in pencil.
Dates
- Creation: 2017
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 15885 photogr., fol. 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MS. 15885 photogr.
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 15885
Abstract
'Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass.' Nine photogravures by Cornelia Parker. Made in 2017, using the glassware of William Henry Fox Talbot.
Biographical / Historical
In the 1840s, WHF Talbot created a calotype photograph of crystal glassware carefully arranged on three shelves. These items were kept and donated to the Bodleian as part of the Talbot archive. The artist Cornelia Parker used these same glass objects to create a series of photogravures. She placed the objects on a sheet of sensitised copper and exposed it to ultraviolet light. The light refracted through the crystal and left a photographic impression, which Parker then etched and used to print onto on paper.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Created by Cornelia Parker in 2017, using objects from the Bodleian Talbot archive. Acquired from the artist as part of an agreement for her to use glassware from the Talbot archive.
Dimensions
Each print: 780 x 560 mm
Subject
- Parker | Cornelia Ann | b. 1956 | artist (Artist, Person)
- Talbot | William Henry Fox | 1800-1877 | MP, pioneer of photography (Person)
- Title
- Catalogue of Nine Photogravures by Cornelia Parker
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Phillip Roberts
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- .
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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