Mitch Epstein (American, born 1952). Apartment 304, 398 Main Street, 2001. Chromogenic print, 48 7/8 × 61 9/16 in. (124.1 × 156.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard J. Kempe, by exchange, 2009.56.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery, CUR.2009.56.2_Yancy_Richardson_Gallery.jpg)
Mitch Epstein (American, born 1952). Apartment 304, 398 Main Street, 2001. Chromogenic print, 48 7/8 × 61 9/16 in. (124.1 × 156.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard J. Kempe, by exchange, 2009.56.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2009.56.2_PS6.jpg)
Apartment 304, 398 Main Street
Mitch Epstein
Photography
On View:
This photograph is part of Mitch Epstein’s series Family Business, which traces the decline of Holyoke, Massachusetts, a once-prosperous industrial town, through the example of his own family’s waning fortunes. The series becomes a metaphor for many small American towns in flux, depopulated and with jobs in short supply.
Walls darkened by soot, Apartment 304, 398 Main Street shows a building belonging to Epstein’s father that was condemned after a fire. Yet the image also forms a stunning still life—an emblem of the fragility of life.
Walls darkened by soot, Apartment 304, 398 Main Street shows a building belonging to Epstein’s father that was condemned after a fire. Yet the image also forms a stunning still life—an emblem of the fragility of life.
MEDIUM
Chromogenic print
DATES
2001
DIMENSIONS
48 7/8 × 61 9/16 in. (124.1 × 156.4 cm)
frame: 50 × 62 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (127 × 159.4 × 6.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Black marker on the bottom verso: "ME Apartment 304, 398 Main Street 2001 AP 1/3".
COLLECTIONS
Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER
2009.56.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Richard J. Kempe, by exchange
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mitch Epstein (American, born 1952). Apartment 304, 398 Main Street, 2001. Chromogenic print, 48 7/8 × 61 9/16 in. (124.1 × 156.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Richard J. Kempe, by exchange, 2009.56.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery, CUR.2009.56.2_Yancy_Richardson_Gallery.jpg)
EDITION
Edition: AP 1/3
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2009.56.2_Yancy_Richardson_Gallery.jpg. Photograph courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Mitch Epstein
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