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Faking It Symposium: Of Spooks, Proofs, and Truths

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Faking It Symposium: Of Spooks, Proofs, and Truths

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The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Louis Kaplan, Chair, Department of Visual Studies, and Professor of History and Theory of Photography and New Media at the University of Toronto, outlines the Mumler Spirit Photograph Case. William H. Mumler, a spirit photographer, claimed that he could photograph subjects with the spirits of their deceased relatives and friends. Mumler was eventually tried for fraud, resulting in a heavily debated trial. One of his more notable subjects included Mary Todd Lincoln, who was photographed with the spirit of her deceased husband, Abraham Lincoln.

Part Five of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

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Gregory Crewdson  (American, born 1962)

Date:
2009
Medium:
Inkjet print
Dimensions:
Image: 54 x 72.4 cm (21 1/4 x 28 1/2 in.) Frame: 73.7 × 91.4 cm (29 × 36 in.)
Classification:
Photographs
Credit Line:
Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2011
Accession Number:
2011.406
Rights and Reproduction:
© Gregory Crewdson, Gagosian Gallery

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: Signed on recto "Gregory Crewdson"; gallery label affixed to frame backing: "GAGOSIAN GALLERY // 355 WEST 24TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10011 // GREGORY CREWDSON // Untitled (33), 2009 // Pigmented inkjet print // 28 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches // 72.4 x 89.5 cm // Edition 1/6 with 2 APs // CREWD 2009.0129 // Artwork signed on the face by the artist"; framer's labels affixed to frame backing

  • Provenance

    the artist; [Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2010–11]

190050709

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