The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Photo Eye

Photo Eye

1927
(German, 1906–1998)
Image: 10.9 x 14.5 cm (4 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.); Mounted: 35.6 x 31.9 cm (14 x 12 9/16 in.)
© Stankowski-Stiftung
Location: not on view

Description

Photo Eye pays homage to Stankowski’s teacher, photographer and graphic designer Max Burchartz, by appropriating a section of Burchartz’s most famous photograph, a portrait of his wife. Staring up at his wife’s eye is Burchartz himself, from a photo taken by Stankowski. Joining the two and creating an intense link between them is a dark area that contains an image of Burchartz’s hairline, taken from another Stankowski photo.
  • (Prakapas Gallery, New York, NY)
    Thomas Walther, Berlin
    (Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY)
    Chester Dentan, Seattle, WA
    David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
    2007-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Mentioned: p. 61; reproduced: p. 63; reproduced and mentioned: p. 235.
    Hinson, Tom E., "Photo Surrealism", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 48 no. 3, March 2008 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6 archive.org
  • Beyond Truth: Photography after the Shutter. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2019).
    Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).
  • {{cite web|title=Photo Eye|url=false|author=Anton Stankowski|year=1927|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2007.122