◇ After
Abraham Lincoln (O-77, the “Gettysburg” portrait) · Alexander Gardner, 1863
The head is traced from a Civil War studio plate: squared to the camera, both eyes on the lens, the deep furrow between the brows, the crease running into the chin-curtain beard. Only the suit changes, for a lop-eared onesie.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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