Lacock Abbey, England

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Lacock Abbey, England

Artist Dick Arentz (American, born 1935)

Date1986

DimensionsOverall: 21 3/4 x 26 in. (55.2 x 66 cm);
Image: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (30.2 x 49.8 cm)

MediumPlatinum-palladium print

ClassificationPhotographs

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by an anonymous donor

Object number

1988.20

Not on View

Label TextDick Arentz began formal training in photography with Phil Davis at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1969. After finishing his studies he settled in Arizona and specialized in the production of large-scale silver contact prints. He returned to Ann Arbor in 1980 to continue his studies with Davis, concentrating on platinum prints. Arentz has since become one of the foremost authorities on the platinum-palladium process. To produce this print, Arentz used a 1920s Folmer-Schwing camera that produces 12 x 20 inch negatives. The negative was then contact-printed onto platinum-palladium photographic paper. Intense ultra-violet light is necessary to transfer the image onto the platinum paper. Lacock Abbey was the residence of a pioneer of photography, William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877). Talbot developed and perfected the calotype, an early process for producing an image on paper with light. For a more complete discussion of calotypes see Talbot’s Beech Trees, Lacock Abbey in this exhibition.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Refraction/Reflection, April 20-September 2, 2012.