Image

A black and white photograph of a relaxed, naked woman reclined with her hands behind her head and two snakes on her abdomen. The photograph is scratched and colored with yellow, green, and pink marker.

Carolee Schneemann

Eye/Body #5,

Description

Maker

Carolee Schneemann

Title

Eye/Body #5

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Hand-colored gelatin silver print with scratching

Techniques

Hand-colored gelatin silver print with scratching

Dimensions

Sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in ink, recto right margin: C. Schneemann 1963 from "Eye Body"

Type

Photographs

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2013.24

About

Eye/Body #5
from the series 36 Transformative Actions for Camera

Inscribed in ink, recto right margin: C. Schneemann 1963 from "Eye Body"

Exhibition History

The Performative Self-Portrait

May 13 - November 12, 2023

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Eye/Body #5 with the accession number of 2013.24. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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