Bey, Dawoud. Miguel, 1999. Polaroid, Image: 60.8 x 53.9 cm (23 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.); Image with border: 68.1 x 55.5 cm (26 13/16 x 21 7/8 in.); Paper: 73.4 x 55.7 cm (28 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.); Mounted: 74.3 x 56.7 cm (29 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.). Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider, 2018.310.2. Copyrighted.

Miguel

1999

Dawoud Bey

Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953)

Photography

Miguel, 1999. Dawoud Bey (American, b. 1953). Polaroid; image: 60.8 x 53.9 cm (23 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.); image with border: 68.1 x 55.5 cm (26 13/16 x 21 7/8 in.); paper: 73.4 x 55.7 cm (28 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.); mounted: 74.3 x 56.7 cm (29 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2018.310.2 In 1991 Bey attained access to Polaroid’s 20 x 24-inch view camera, a massive, complex, and highly specialized piece of equipment that produced monumental versions of the then-familiar, lushly colored instant pictures. He began experimenting with conveying several moments, and multiple aspects of a sitter’s experience, in a single work by combining individual exposures from the same sitting. The camera used to make this photograph weighed around 265 pounds and is 6 feet tall.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Bey, Dawoud
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: Polaroid
Medium: polaroid
Dimensions: Image: 60.8 x 53.9 cm (23 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.); Image with border: 68.1 x 55.5 cm (26 13/16 x 21 7/8 in.); Paper: 73.4 x 55.7 cm (28 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.); Mounted: 74.3 x 56.7 cm (29 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on verso of mount: “D.B. 1999”
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2018.310.2
Credit Line: Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider
Rights Statement: Copyrighted