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Lucien Clergue
Le Voyage á New York Portfolio1981

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Print combining pencil handwriting in French reading 'le voyage à New-York' with a small Polaroid-style image of an orange horizontal line with downward strokes against a black background, annotated 'New York 1981'
Triptych of color photographs mounted on white paper, each showing close-up architectural details: orange and red painted wall sections divided by mortar joints; a concrete chevron or angular projection casting sharp shadows; a weathered red painted wall with a vertical crack. Handwritten inscription and signature below in ink.
Three Polaroid photographs mounted side by side, each showing close-up views of markings on asphalt pavement: a chalked flower outline, a red painted circle, and a white crescent shape beneath a grid of square tiles.
Three color photographs mounted side by side on white paper, each showing spray-painted street markings against black asphalt: a red arrow and letter E at left, an orange hand silhouette at center, and yellow and red arrows with spiral symbols at right.
Triptych of Polaroid photographs mounted on white paper, depicting close-up views of a urban street surface: cracked pavement and tar patches against dark asphalt, a metal utility grate set in pale stone, and a fragment of worn pavement with eroded edges. Handwritten inscription "Madison Avenue" at lower left.
Triptych of Polaroid photographs mounted on white paper, each showing close-up fragments of cracked, peeling material in cream and tan against deep black backgrounds; handwritten text and signature in pencil below.
Polaroid photograph mounted on white paper alongside a handwritten inscription in French cursive and a signature. The small photograph shows a glowing orange spiral or curl shape against a dark background, with the handwritten caption "New York 1981" beneath it.

Lucien Clergue, New York, 1981, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Elizabeth F. Kitchen, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Lucien Clergue
Title
Le Voyage á New York Portfolio
Place Made
France
Date Made
1981
Medium
Seven internal dye diffusion prints
Dimensions
Image (each): 3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in. (7.94 × 7.78 cm) Primary support (each): 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (10.8 × 8.89 cm) Mat (each): 9 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23.02 × 34.93 cm) Overall: 10 7/16 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (26.51 × 37.47 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Elizabeth F. Kitchen
Accession Number
AC1999.259.1.1-.7
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Estate of Lucien Clergue/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY