Nude Collage #1
Paula Chamlee
American, born 1944
Details
Title
Nude Collage #1
Artist/Maker
Paula Chamlee (American, born 1944)
Date
1998
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
7 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches
Credit
Gift of Lucinda W. Bunnen for the Bunnen Collection
Accession #
2012.603
Location
Currently not on view
Paula Chamlee’s work stretches beyond the realm of straight photography and into assemblage, painting, and drawing. This collage was inspired by photocopies of prints that her husband, the late photographer Michael A. Smith, intended to share with a prospective collector. Because the photographs’ dimensions did not match with that of the copy machine, the images required cropping and taping. Intrigued by the nature of these cast-off bits piled together and the relationship of the parts to the whole, Chamlee created this collage by piecing together images of her body that Smith had taken.
Image Copyright
© (c) Paula Chamlee