Ed Templeton
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"For Litmus Test Book", 2010
Signed Ed Templeton and dated 2010 on verso. Gelatin silver print, image 27.5 x 19 cm. Sheet 35.5 x 28 cm.
Provenance
Johan Kugelberg Collection. Acquired directly from the photographer.
More information
Litmus Test is comprised of photographs taken on a short 10 day trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. Each print in this series was coupled with handwritten text / quotes from historical figures. The project function as a personal reflection of the cultural differences he observed over the course of his trip
This print has a hand written Gustav Mahler quote along the lower edge "behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking".