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Piranesi State 1
2008 · Photogravure tea stained
20 × 27 in. (50.8 × 68.6 cm)
Image: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Lothar Osterburg
Artist
WA-00002972
PhotographyPhotography
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
5
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (6 fields)
0 cross-verified · 6 single-source
- BiographyMuseum· 80%
- Birth yearMuseum· 80%
- LocationMuseum· 80%
- NationalityMuseum· 80%
- Primary mediumMuseum· 80%
- Profile imageMuseum· 80%
Source Registry (2)
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
- Aic ExhibitionsTier 3 · Scraped/inferred70%
About
Why this artist matters now
Lothar Osterburg creates photogravures of miniature architectural models and vessels staged to appear monumental, conjuring disorienting, dreamlike spaces through a mastery of tone and scale. Based in New York, he works across photography, printmaking, and sculpture, building layered, film noir-inflected atmospheres from minimal formal means.
Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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Taste overlap and adjacency
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Photography
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Canonical record
Artworks (3)
Artwork sources (2)
3 published of 3 catalogued · 1 with image
- The Met2 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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Images
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3Movements1
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Background
Education
Braunschweig University of Art
printmaking
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