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Rena Small
Johnny Carson's Curtain Series1984

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Color photograph grid of six images showing the same multicolored stage curtain under different theatrical lighting conditions, with handwritten captions and a longer inscription below
Color Polaroid photograph of floor-length stage curtains in gold, pink, and blue, hanging in vertical folds that fill the frame; handwritten text below reads "GUEST LIGHT."
Color Polaroid photograph of draped stage curtains in vertical bands of amber, peach, blue-gray, and dark brown, with handwritten text reading "JOHNNY'S LIGHTING" below the image border.
Color Polaroid photograph of vertical stage curtains in gold, peach, blue, and amber, with handwritten text reading "MUSICAL GUEST LIGHT" below the image border.
Color photograph in Polaroid format, close-up of draped stage curtains in pink, blue, and gold-orange tones, with soft folds filling the entire frame.
Color Polaroid photograph of draped curtains in pink, blue, and orange, lit by a circular spotlight against a black background, with handwritten text "SPOTLIGHT." below.
Color Polaroid photograph of floor-to-ceiling theater curtains in amber, rose, and blue-gray tones, lit from above against a dark background, with handwritten text below reading "THEATRE ALMOST DARK"
Artist or Maker
Rena Small
United States, Los Angeles, born 1954
Title
Johnny Carson's Curtain Series
Date Made
1984
Medium
Dye destruction prints
Dimensions
Image (dimension of each individual photo): 5 × 5 in. (12.7 × 12.7 cm) Primary support (dimension of each individual photo): 5 × 5 in. (12.7 × 12.7 cm) dimension of all photos as one piece: 11 × 15 3/4 in. (27.94 × 40.01 cm) Secondary support: 18 × 21 15/16 in. (45.72 × 55.72 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.2015.219
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography