2019 Pirelli Calendar (The Cal)
Artist
Albert Watson
(Scottish, born 1942)
CultureScottish
Date2019
MediumBound volume
DimensionsSheet: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 8 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (22.2 × 39.4 cm)
Box: 15 7/8 × 22 1/2 × 2 in. (40.3 × 57.2 × 5.1 cm)
Image: 8 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (22.2 × 39.4 cm)
Box: 15 7/8 × 22 1/2 × 2 in. (40.3 × 57.2 × 5.1 cm)
InscribedA credits page lists all the project participants and copyright information. It is also blind-stamped with: no 09766.
The cover of the box has printed white letters that read: Dreaming/ Pirelli Calendar 2019 by Albert Watson//Pirelli.
Credit LineGift of Pirelli & C. SpA
Object number2019.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a box of 40 printed photographs with calendar information for the year 2019. The pages are medium stock paper printed with a black border and an image, typically of a woman, at center, as well as dates and occasional notations in script. . The calendar follows the stories of four female characters, a dancer, a botanical photographer, a painter, and an heiress, as portrayed by models Gigi Hadid and Laetitia Casta, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, and actress Julia Garner. The photographs explore the nature of ambition and success as told through his characters’ dreams.
