Begonia Leaf
Walter ChappellWW-1974-105417
1974·Gelatin silver print·Image/paper: 24.7 × 34.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 39.1 × 49.1 cm (15 7/16 × 19 3/8 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1974
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 24.7 × 34.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 39.1 × 49.1 cm (15 7/16 × 19 3/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Walter Chappell
Artist
Walter Chappell
Photography
Walter Chappell was an American photographer known for luminous black-and-white images that emphasized tonal subtlety and geometric composition. Active from the 1950s onward, he developed a distinctive approach to landscape and still-life photography that prioritized the material qualities of light and surface. His work belongs to the postwar tradition of fine-art photography that treated the medium as a vehicle for formal investigation rather than documentation.
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Record
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- Walter Chappell
- Year
- 1974
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 24.7 × 34.3 cm (9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 39.1 × 49.1 cm (15 7/16 × 19 3/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1974-105417
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified