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Victor Burgin
Fiction Film1991

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Set of 12 black-and-white photographic prints arranged in a grid, alternating film-still imagery with text panels, published as a limited-edition artist's portfolio
Printed grid of nine high-contrast black-and-white photographic images on a black background, showing fragmented figures, close-up faces, hands, and architectural spaces, with spaced white text reading 'fiction film' above and 'victor burgin' below.
Black field with centered white text in multiple lines, the word "Nadja" italicized.
Black and white photograph with grainy texture, dramatic low-angle view of monumental industrial or architectural interior with curved ribbed structures, riveted beams, and scattered overhead lights receding into darkness.
Gelatin silver print, high-contrast and grainy, showing a disassembled clock face with visible numerals scattered on a surface, with a ringed hand reaching from the right and a small chest of drawers visible in the upper corner.
Grainy black and white photograph, heavily blurred figures in dark clothing mid-motion, with diagonal white forms and deep shadow creating an abstract, high-contrast composition.
Black and white photographic double exposure overlaying a close-up face with eyes visible through dark smoke rising from a burning military tank or aircraft wreckage in an open field.
Grainy black and white photograph, low-angle view of a winged architectural figure atop a building cornice, with motion blur and a partial sign reading "ESTHETIC" visible at right.
Gelatin silver print, high-contrast black and white overhead view looking down into a circular rotunda or domed interior, with a ring of small electric lights tracing the curved balcony level against deep shadow.
Black and white photographic composite with fragmented, overlapping imagery of a waterway, stone or brick wall, and architectural elements, with visible scan lines and glitch-like distortion throughout.
Gelatin silver print with multiple exposures; close-up of a woman's upturned face with dark lips and pearl necklace overlaid with architectural grid patterns, a second figure's neck and jaw visible at left.
Grainy black and white photograph shot from a low angle, showing legs in dark stockings in the foreground, with a crowded industrial interior — metal railings, diagonal structural beams, and figures — receding into the background.
Colophon page with white serif text on black background, reading edition and publication details for a portfolio of 35 numbered sets of 9 prints, with a blank line for the set number.
Artist or Maker
Victor Burgin
England, Sheffield, born 1941
Title
Fiction Film
Place Made
England
Date Made
1991
Medium
12 photoserigraphic prints (includes title sheet, text sheet, and end sheet)
Dimensions
Image: 29 13/16 × 37 1/2 in. (75.72 × 95.25 cm) Primary support: 29 13/16 × 37 1/2 in. (75.72 × 95.25 cm) Overall: 31 5/8 × 39 1/2 × 1 in. (80.33 × 100.33 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and the Photography Consortium
Accession Number
AC1992.171.1.1-.12
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography