Delaware 1979
Artist
Joe Maloney
(American, born 1949)
CultureAmerican
Date1979
MediumPortfolio of ten dye transfer prints with accompanying title page, colophon, and plate list
DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 5/16 × 18 in. (36.4 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/2 × 21 3/16 in. (41.9 × 53.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 16 1/2 × 21 3/16 in. (41.9 × 53.8 cm)
SignedVerso, bottom right corner, pencil: "Joe Maloney".
InscribedTitle: verso, bottom left corner, pencil: "Delaware 79". Edition number: verso, bottom center, pencil: "51/70".
PortfolioEdition 51 of 70 with 10 artist proofs
Credit LineGift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Object number2016.19.5
Not on view
DescriptionImage of a car on the road with headlights turned on in the left middleground next to a field with a double rainbow shining in the evening sky.Label TextJoe Maloney American, born 1949 top Delaware 1979, 1982 Dye-transfer print (color print made from photographic negative) bottom Pearl River, NY, 1978, 1982 Dye-transfer print (color print made from photographic negative) Classically cool Americana gives way to an array of vibrant colors in these photographic prints. Joe Maloney used the expensive and time-intensive dye-transfer process to create these prints in saturated color. During the 1970s, many American photographers experimented with the process because it allowed for precise control of individual cyan, magenta, and yellow dyes. The resulting prints were also colorfast, meaning they resisted the fading typical of other color photographs. Here Maloney exploits the process, using color as a dramatic element rather than merely reproducing realistic hues. Compare, for example, the saturated cyan in Delaware 1979 with the muted magenta of Pearl River, NY, 1978. Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill 2016.19.5 and .7ProvenanceFrom the artist to QED Editions, to Susan and Peter MacGill. Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill to Chrysler Museum of Art, June 2016.Exhibition History"5 Years of Photography: Building the Chrysler Collection," Photography & Focus Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 26 - November 10, 2019.
