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Robert Heinecken
Triptych1978, printed 1978

Not on view
Print combining gray handwritten text in three columns with a small inset Polaroid-style photograph of two cupped hands framing a glowing amber form
Polaroid photograph, heavily underexposed with dark vignetting; a nude figure with torso and arms visible, rendered in warm amber and teal tones with soft focus and characteristic instant-film color saturation.
Mixed-media work on white paper featuring a small color photograph at center showing pencils or colored sticks in diagonal arrangement, surrounded by columns of handwritten or printed text in gray ink.
Polaroid photograph, close-up view looking down into a cup of colored pencils, their sharpened tips radiating outward from the center; pencils in teal, red, black, and white tones against a dark background, with slight blur and warm color shift characteristic of instant film.
Mixed-media work on white paper combining handwritten text with two small Polaroid photographs; left photo shows hands holding colored pencils, right photo shows a figure in red with a rose, surrounded by columns of cursive instructional writing.
Polaroid color photograph, close-up still life of colored pencils arranged with tips pointing inward toward the center, in green, red, white, and brown tones, with warm-saturated color and characteristic Polaroid vignetting.
Color Polaroid photograph, close-up of two hands with ruffled sleeves touching a person's lower back and hip, surrounded by red fabric and a red rose, with a black leather belt detail.
Artist or Maker
Robert Heinecken
Title
Triptych
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1978, printed 1978
Medium
Internal dye diffusion print
Dimensions
Images: 3 1/8 x 3; Mount: 16 x 15 3/4
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2266.5a-c
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography