Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is a photographic photography by Carlo Lorenzetti. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Untitled is a black-and-white photograph of a statue, mounted on a green card. The image is part of a collection of photographs gathered in the 1920s by William Kineton Parkes.
Subject & Meaning
The photograph depicts a simple statue of a standing figure with smooth skin and no hair, posed with arms at its sides on a square base. The statue's clean and basic shape lacks additional details.
Technique & Style
The photograph appears aged, with a faded edge and a handwritten number in the corner. The image's style is straightforward, presenting the statue without embellishment or elaborate context.
History & Provenance
The photograph was bequeathed to the collection by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Parkes, a novelist, art historian, and librarian, had solicited images from sculptors through questionnaires, and their responses are now preserved in the Archive of Art and Design.
Artist & collection
Artist
Carlo Lorenzetti roamed the streets of Rome with a camera and a bicycle, shooting black-and-white photos nobody asked for: stray cats, shutters half-open, a single glove on a café chair.
