- Object name(s):
- Photography; Self portrait reflected in shop window, Nevada, USA
- Brief description:
- Self portrait reflected in shop window, Nevada, USA. On the left is a window display with a sign, shoes and the body parts of a shop manikin. On the right stands the reflected figure of Rudy Lewis holding a camera and wearing jeans, a shirt and a stetson hat. In the background is a reflected landscape with a road, a travelling car (out of focus), barren ground and trees. Black and white image with a range of tones. Text on image, on sign, 'New Fashions for Fall'.
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 261
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 376
- Inscription content:
- (black ink, verso) SELF PORTRAIT. ARIZONA. U.S.A.
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Self portrait reflected in shop window, Nevada, USA
- Object number:
- PH602
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1990
- Object production person:
- Rudy Lewis
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
- Person's birth date:
- 1939
- Person's forenames:
- Rudy
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Lewis
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/da0162ae-15a7-3d08-957d-d1de56cdb6a9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/da0162ae-15a7-3d08-957d-d1de56cdb6a9, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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