id:			86144
accession number:	2015.209
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.209
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:55.880000

South Aisle, Looking East, Pontigny, 1986. David M. Heald (American, b. 1951). Gelatin silver print; image: 45.8 x 31.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.); paper: 50 x 40 cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2015.209

title:				South Aisle, Looking East, Pontigny
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creation date:			1986
creation date earliest:		1986
creation date latest:		1986
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creditline:			Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	Gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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* David M. Heald (American, b. 1951)  - artist
David Heald's photographs-saturated with surface detail, penetrating illumination, and rich tonal range-record the inherent architectural and spiritual qualities of medieval abbeys. This exhibition surveys an impressive body of work created between 1985 and 1995. During that time the Cleveland-born artist made seven trips to France to photograph what remains of the architectural achievements that flourished there in the 12th and 13th centuries under the Cistercian order. The monks' quest for an inward-looking life that emphasized liturgy, sacred reading, and manual labor was brilliantly facilitated by an architecture of minimal spaces, devoid of vivid color and narrative decoration. Using his keen ability to compose and light his subjects, Heald accentuated the simple directness of structural shapes, methods of construction, and exquisitely proportioned rooms. His serene images capture the distinguishing quality of Cistercian architecture and monastic life: silence. From 1974 to 1981 David Heald worked in the photography studio of the Cleveland Museum of Art before moving to New York where he is chief photographer of the Guggenheim Museum.
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measurements: Image: 45.8 x 31.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 7/16 in.); Paper: 50 x 40 cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "AC/1 David Heald (signed)"
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