Arthur Tress (born 1940)
Flood Dream, Ocean City, N.J., 1971

Oversized gelatin silver print, flush-mounted and printed 2006, signed, titled, dated, numbered '8/50' in ink in the margin.

image: 27 3/4 x 27 3/4in. (70.5 x 70.5cm.); sheet/ flush-mount: 40 x 30in. (101.5x 76.2cm.)

Provenance:

With Vintage Works on Paper, Chalfont, PA, acquired 2008

Literature:

Minahan, Arthur Tress: The Dream Collector, Westover, 1973

The roof of a building was just lying abandoned on an empty pier. In the far background there was a decrepit ferryboat hauled onto the dock waiting to be restored. Out of nowhere, a young boy with a round face and blond hair of about ten came riding by on a small bike. I asked if he would stand beneath the roof where it had a gaping hole in it. He was glad to do it and just looked peacefully at the camera. And it was one of those strange moments that moves the ordinary into a special archetypical space.

ARTHUR TRESS

Neutral toned print on semi-gloss print with margins, flush-mounted on board. A beautiful and oversized print, in excellent condition.

Frame dimensions: 40 x 41in. (plexi)

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Arthur Tress (born 1940)
Flood Dream, Ocean City, N.J., 1971

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Arthur Tress (born 1940)Flood Dream, Ocean City, N.J., 1971

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Arthur Tress (born 1940)
Flood Dream, Ocean City, N.J., 1971