Live Auction 12203Photographs: The Evening Sale
Thomas Struth (B. 1954)
Lot 18

Thomas Struth (B. 1954)

El Capitan (Yosemite National Park), 1999

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Thomas Struth (B. 1954)
El Capitan (Yosemite National Park), 1999
chromogenic print, face-mounted to Plexiglas
signed in ink and credited, titled and numbered '7/10' on affixed photographer's label and credited, titled, dated and numbered on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
image: 66 1/2 x 85 in. (168.9 x 215 cm.)
overall: 71 1/2 x 90 in. (181.6 x 228.6 cm.)
This work is number 7 from the edition of 10.

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2003.

Specialist note

[When] I am taking a photograph, I am conscious that I am constructing images rather than taking snapshots. Since I do not take rapid photographs it is in this respect like a painting which takes a long time where you are very aware of what you are doing in the process. Exposure is only the final act of making the image as a photograph. - Thomas Struth