Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2007.

Maria Alche (Maria Alche y Ramon Teves), Ushuaia

Artist Raul Eduardo Stolkiner (res) (Argentine, b. 1957)

ArtistCollaborator Constanza Piaggio (Argentine, b. 1982)

Date2006

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsOverall: 36 x 29 3/4 in. (91.4 x 75.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineWalter P. Chrysler Jr. Art Purchase Fund

Object number2007.2.2.1

Terms

Portrait
Profile
Man
Woman
White
Black
Red
Peach
Blue
Gray

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a lambda print on chromogenic dye coupler paper of a diptych. The left side is the profile of a young women in a black sleeveless top with hair decorations. The right side is the profile of a man in a red rob and hat. The background of both portraits is of a seascape.
These are Lamda prints mounted on sentra acid free board with a laminate protective coating. Lamda from digital files 4 x 5 view camera negatives. The prints were made by the artist.

Label Textres Argentine, b. 1957 Constanza Piaggio Argentinean, b. 1982 Maria Alche y Ramon Teves, Ushuaia, from the Conatus series, 2006 Chromogenic print (photograph) These contemporary photographs echo a portrait type invented by 15th-century Italian painters, as seen below. The photographers res and Constanza Piaggio based their portrait pair on a Piero della Francesca double portrait in particular (see illustration). They’ve updated the landscape backgrounds and made changes in design and scale. Yet, by keeping true to the stark look of the originals, they raise questions about perseverance and the preservation of the past. Why do we hold on to images and ideas from the past? Why do they still have a hold on us in the present? Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Art Purchase Fund 2007.2.2.1–.2