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Martin Kersels
Tossing a Friend1996

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Triptych of color photographs shot from below, showing a man tossing a dark-haired young woman into the air in front of a lavender-flowering shrub
Color photograph shot from a steep downward angle; a man in a blue denim shirt and sunglasses leans forward holding the legs of a second person whose upper body extends out of frame, above a dense flowering shrub with pale purple blooms against a blue sky.
Color photograph of a girl in a short dress and black shoes suspended mid-air above a standing figure in a blue shirt, arms raised, set against a dense flowering shrub with purple blooms and an overcast sky.
Color photograph shot from a low angle: a woman in a patterned shirt leaps with arms raised and hair mid-air, while a man in a denim shirt reaches toward her. Dense green shrubs with purple flowers and blue sky fill the background.

Martin Kersels, Tossing a Friend, 1996, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Martin Kersels
United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1960
Title
Tossing a Friend
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1996
Medium
Inkjet prints
Dimensions
Unframed each: 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (67.31 x 100.33 cm)
Credit Line
The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection
Accession Number
AC1997.8.1.1-.3
Classification
Periodicals
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Irmas, Deborah. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
Copyright
© Martin Kersels