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Abandoned Painting B
2007 · Inkjet print
Sheet (sight): 43 1/4 × 53 in. (109.9 × 134.6 cm)
Image (sight): 39 1/2 × 49 3/4 in. (100.3 × 126.4 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art
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John Divola
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PhotographyPhotography
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None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
13
Works in Collection
24
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California Photography: Remaking Make-Believe
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Contemporary Photography Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1986
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
About
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John Divola is an American photographer born in 1949 whose practice centers on landscape and architectural documentation, often capturing sites marked by human intervention, abandonment, or transformation. Working primarily in color photography, his work engages with the material traces of American development and decay across urban and suburban environments. His sustained focus on the interplay between natural and built landscapes has made him a significant figure in postwar American photography.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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