PHILIPPE GRONON
Catalog de manuscrits, Bibliothèque Vaticane, Rome, 1995
Photographs mounted on aluminum panel
Five pieces at 28 x 40 inches each
Installation 28 x 197 inches
Edition 2/3
Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Catalog de manuscrits, Bibliothèque Vaticane, Rome, 1995 (detail)
Photographs mounted on aluminum panel
Five pieces at 28 x 40 inches each
Installation 28 x 197 inches
Edition 2/3
Courtesy of the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Philippe Gronon explores the idea of obsolescence vis-à-vis libraries and their artifacts in pristine black-and-white photographs that capture the surface details of the card catalogue at the Vatican Library, one of the oldest libraries in the world.