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© Roger Mertin. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Rochester, NY
© Roger Mertin. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, 1942 – 2001)
Publisher
DateDecember 23, 1983/1995
MediumChromogenic development print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (24.4 × 19.4 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.29
Not on view
Description"Roger Mertin was one of Light Work’s first visiting artists and his work was featured in Contact Sheet 1. His work was exhibited in the Menschel Gallery in 1985. During his career Mertin crafted subtle photographs of Central New York and other regions in the country with a decidedly ‘central’ attitude. Mertin worked on several thematic series from basketball hoops to libraries. While he might be drawn to his subjects for a number of reasons, we sense that his need for a subject was just an excuse to stop the car, and the challenge of making a picture." (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)

Additional Details

Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings Marks: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" on verso printed repeatedly across sheet.
Signature Signed and dated "© 19[illeg.] Roger Mertin" on verso at lower right in ink.
Inscribed "Rochester, New York, 23 December 1985" on verso at lower left in ink.
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