Title
Steps
Artist
Year
2012
Technique
multi-negative platinum print on wove paper
Image Size
19 3/4 x 14 1/2" image size
Signature
pencil, lower left
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
pencil titled and dated, lower left
Reference
Paper
soft, heavy cream wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
23563
Price
$400.00
Description
A palladium/platinum print in which San Francisco Bay Area photographer and painter Sharon Green has combined multiple negatives to form a photographic collage. She has employed an energetic, sumi ink-like brushstroke pattern to the background that allows for the contrast of an image of a Japanese tuskubai, or a traditional washbasin made of stone that is placed at the entrance of shrines and formal spaces, allowing visitors to purify themselves before entering. Bamboo ladels rest on the lip of the basin and a pair of geta, or Japanese elevated sandals made of wood and fabric, are neatly lined up beside it.