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The Storyteller

Jeff WallWW-1986-004672

1986·Silver dye bleach transparency in light box·Image: 229 x 437 cm (90 3/16 x 172 1/16 in.)

Purchase, Charlene and David Howe, Henry Nias Foundation Inc., Jennifer Saul, Robert Yaffa, Harriet Ames Charitable Trust, and Gary and Sarah Wolkowitz Gifts, 2006

Catalogue

Year: 1986
Medium: Silver dye bleach transparency in light box
Dimensions: Image: 229 x 437 cm (90 3/16 x 172 1/16 in.)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Jeff Wall

Artist

Jeff Wall

Photography

Contemporary Canadian artist Jeff Wall is best known for his large-scale photographs and academic art historical writing. His works incorporate the backlighting made popular in advertisements and film, presenting a stylized and polished depiction of his subject matter. Many of his works depict mundane, everyday scenes, providing cutting social commentary, homages to works from the canon of western art history and references to contemporary literature.

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