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MARTHA MADIGAN (American, b. 1950) GENETA MANA signed, titled and dated “Martha Madigan, Geneta M...

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MARTHA MADIGAN (American, b. 1950) GENETA MANA signed, titled and dated “Martha Madigan, Geneta M...
MARTHA MADIGAN
(American, b. 1950)
GENETA MANA
signed, titled and dated “Martha Madigan, Geneta Mana, 2000” in gold ink on
verso of frame
unique gelatin silver photogram
image: 571?2 x 391?2 in. (146 x 100.3 cm)
framed: 621?2 x 449?16 in. (158.8 x 113.2 cm)
2000
from the HUMAN NATURE series
ESTIMATE: $7,000-10,000
To create the solar photogram, Madigan places her children atop a piece of printing-out-paper, which is then exposed to sunlight for a certain amount of time. Once exposure is completed, a gold chloride toner is applied to fix the image. Madigan’s work always addresses nature’s energies, but in the HUMAN NATURE series she complements these organic forces with the spirit of youth. As Barbara Pollack has explained, “For elements, Madigan created a series of six images of silhouettes leaping, running and playing across a variety of landscapes that symbolize the four elements–earth, air, fire, and water–to connect the sports theme to its roots in ancient Greece” (Barbara Pollack, PHOTO INSIDER, Sept/Oct ’01).
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