Talbot's Library, Lacock Abbey, May 1988

Talbot's Library, Lacock Abbey, May 1988
Inventory
Collection Number: 
17488
Building: 
Current Location: 
One North
Floor: 
1st
Object Description
Artist Dates: 
1952-Current
Artist Nationality: 
American
Object Type: 
Details: 
This is an Edition 1 of 4 ink-jet print of a photograph taken by Davis of Talbot's Library in Lacock Abbey.
Framed: 
Yes
 - Plexi
Length: 
51 inches
Width: 
2 inches
Height: 
63 1/2 inches
Description: 

This photograph appears to pronounce the institutions of knowledge, art, and architecture in featuring an antique bookcase, marble bust, and doric column as its subjects. Filled with rich brown, leather-bound books and comprising nearly half of the photograph, the bookcase suggests knowledge as the prominent value of this corner. However, although the softness of white marble against the white wall would predict a non-striking effect, the subtleties in the shadows of the nearby bust allow it to compete with the bookcase in terms of visual significance, consequently inciting a balance between weights, colors, and academies here.

Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: 
No
Make slides or videotapes for educational use: 
No
Permit the general public to photograph the work : 
No