La Dama (The Lady)
Artist
Raul Eduardo Stolkiner (res)
(Argentine, b. 1957)
ArtistIn collaboration with
Constanza Piaggio
(Argentine, b. 1982)
CultureArgentine
Date2005
MediumChromogenic print
Dimensions64 x 48 in. (162.6 x 121.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 70 3/4 × 56 in. (179.7 × 142.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 70 3/4 × 56 in. (179.7 × 142.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2007.2.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a lambda print on chromogenic dye coupler paper of a portrait of a woman who has 6 fingers and is wearing historical clothing holding a pig's head.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) In collaboration with Constanza Piaggio La Dama (The Lady), 2005 Lambda print on chromogenic dye coupler paperMuseum purchase in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2007.2.1 In the history of art, some artists have worked under a moniker rather than their given name. In this case, res uses an acronym drawn from the first letters of his three given names. This work is a painstaking recreation of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Lady with an Ermine. In the process of translating the original work from canvas to photograph, res makes unexpected alterations that reinterpret and re-contextualize the subject and its themes. During the Renaissance, the ermine symbolized purity and chastity and although renowned for his genius, Leonardo had difficulty rendering the painted hand of his sitter. In this modern interpretation, the ermine is updated with a pig’s head and—noting the sitter’s deformed hand of Leonardo’s sitter—res created an unusual hand of his own. Perhaps this gives us a clue as to why he chose the pig’s head as a substitute for the ermine. As the pig’s eye gazes directly at the viewer we are reminded of the old expression “in a pigs eye,” referring to something not true. Res’ large-scale photograph is powerful and brooding, yet strangely familiar, like fragments of history that one struggles to remember. ProvenanceRobert Mann Gallery, New York, NY; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Purchase in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2007 Exhibition History"Res: Conatus," Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY, October 19 - November 25, 2006 A print of this photograph "Remix: A Fresh Look At Our Modern And Contemporary Art Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 2, 2011 - March 17, 2012.
