Neptun Werft, Warnemünde, V: August 2, 1997
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Not on view at present
Where is “Neptun Werft, Warnemünde, V: August 2, 1997” now? Collection: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Not on view at present. Checked October 7, 2026.
Los Angeles, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Using a shipping container as a camera obscura, the artist created this photograph of the Neptun Shipyard in Warnemünde, Germany, by mounting two large sheets of photosensitized paper on the interior wall opposite an aperture through which an inverted image of the outside world was projected. The exposure, which lasted several hours, resulted in a print that is effectively a paper negative from which the artist does not print any positives; as such, it is a unique work of art that portrays its subject in reversed tones.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2010.74
In the catalog
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright
