New York in Color

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© Justine Kurland. Image courtesy of Higher Pictures Generation LLC.
New York in Color
© Justine Kurland. Image courtesy of Higher Pictures Generation LLC.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1969)
Date2021
MediumCollage (hardcover)
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (51.4 × 29.8 cm) Frame: 25 × 16 7/16 in. (63.5 × 41.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2021.14
On view
DescriptionPhotographer Justine Kurland eviscerates her personal library of canonical photobooks by predominantly straight white men as part of her ongoing SCUMB (Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books) project, “reauthoring” the remaining fragments into a collage that she pastes onto the cover of each cut-up book.
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Higher Pictures Generation LLC.
Signature Signed on verso on book binding left center in red ink
Inscribed "Ernst Haas New York in Color 1952-1962 [Prestel logo and name]" on verso on book binding center.
© Justine Kurland. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Hydrangea
Justine Kurland
Date: 2012 (printed 2019)
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2020.5.3
South Carrollton Avenue, from the series "The Offing"
South Carrollton Avenue, from the series "The Offing"
Casey Ruble
Date: 2012
Medium: Paper collage
Object number: 2013.4.1
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
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Firelei Báez
Date: 2013
Medium: Pigmented abaca, cotton, and linen on abaca base sheet with radiograph opaque ink
Object number: 2016.7
Composition in Blue and Black
Composition in Blue and Black
Dorothy Shakespear
Date: 1914-15
Medium: Watercolor and collage on paper
Object number: 1994.97
© Jamea Richmond-Edwards. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Devotional for the Divine Mind
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Date: 2021
Medium: Ink, acrylic, colored pencil, marker, oil pastel, fabric, glitter, glass, rhinestones, jewelry and mixed media assemblage on canvas
Object number: 2021.4
© René Treviño
Sunspots by Day, Asteroids by Night (1-20)
René Treviño
Date: 2023
Medium: Archival digital prints with mixed media on bamboo paper
Object number: 2024.14.1-20
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled
Yelimane Fall
Date: 2009
Medium: Razor-cut calligraphy atop printed textiles
Object number: 2024.3.5
Spinal Column Study
Spinal Column Study
Howard Warshaw
Date: 1959
Medium: Mixed media collage
Object number: 1996.15.5
Untitled (Artichoke)
Untitled (Artichoke)
Howard Warshaw
Date: 1959
Medium: Collage on paper
Object number: 1996.15.22
Michoud Boulevard, from the series "The Offing"
Michoud Boulevard, from the series "The Offing"
Casey Ruble
Date: 2012
Medium: Paper collage
Object number: 2013.4.2
Photograph by Jason Mandella.
Untitled
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Date: 2010
Medium: Thread, pigment, fabric and handmade paper
Object number: 2016.4
© El Anatsui. Image courtesy of the Benefit Print Project.
Paper and Silver
El Anatsui
Date: 2024
Medium: Inkjet pigment print with irregular hand-cut edges conforming to the image, printed and hand-cut and hand-sculpted aluminum collage, and copper wire
Object number: 2024.13