Fuss, Adam. For Allegra, 2014. daguerreotype, Plate: 59.7 x 96.5 cm (23 1/2 x 38 in.); Framed: 73 x 109.9 x 4.4 cm (28 3/4 x 43 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.). Alma Kroeger Fund, 2018.297. Copyrighted undefined.

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For Allegra

2014

Adam Fuss

Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961)

Photography

My Ghost: For Allegra, 2014. Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961). Daguerreotype; plate: 59.7 x 96.5 cm (23 1/2 x 38 in.); framed: 73 x 109.9 x 4.4 cm (28 3/4 x 43 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma Kroeger Fund 2018.297 © Adam Fuss This depiction of the Taj Mahal—a monument to a lost love—was produced in 2014 but is based on an 1864 view by British photographer John Murray. Fuss scanned and photoshopped Murray’s paper negative to produce his own homage to a lost love, using one of the oldest photographic processes, the daguerreotype. It is Fuss's monument to his lost love, Allegra. To distract himself from a romantic breakup, Adam Fuss decided to make the world’s largest daguerreotype.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Fuss, Adam
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: daguerreotype
Medium: daguerreotype
Dimensions: Plate: 59.7 x 96.5 cm (23 1/2 x 38 in.); Framed: 73 x 109.9 x 4.4 cm (28 3/4 x 43 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2018.297
Credit Line: Alma Kroeger Fund
Exhibitions: Stories From Storage,