Questioning Pictures: Photograph of the Temple of Rameses, albumen print by Félix Bonfils, ca. 1970
PH2018:0005:023
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Félix Bonfils, The Temple of Rameses, Karnak, Thebes, ca.1870's, albumen silver print, 22.9 x 28.8 cm, PH1980:0683.01:034, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of the Temple of Rameses, albumen print by Félix Bonfils, ca. 1970
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PH2018:0005:023
Description:
Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Félix Bonfils, The Temple of Rameses, Karnak, Thebes, ca.1870's, albumen silver print, 22.9 x 28.8 cm, PH1980:0683.01:034, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
PH1986:0107:023
architecture, military
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PH1986:0107:023
architecture, military
PH1986:0107:024
architecture, topographic
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
View of dwellings and walls, Egypt [?], Palestine [?] Syria [?] or Greece [?]
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PH1986:0107:024
architecture, topographic
PH1986:0107:025
architecture
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
View of rock-cut colonnaded structures, probably tombs, amidst ruins, Lebanon ?
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PH1986:0107:025
architecture
PH1986:0107:029
architecture, topographic
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
View of dry land, trees and shrubs with a dwelling in the background, Europe[?]
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PH1986:0107:029
architecture, topographic
PH1986:0107:030
architecture
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
architecture
View of ruins, Lebanon ?
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architecture
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
architecture
PH1986:0107:035
architecture
between late 1860s and mid 1870s
View of an alley between two buildings leading to an arch, Europe or Near East
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architecture
PH1980:0963
PH1980:0972