PICTURE(SQUE) (2017)

An antique Claude Glass (a black convex mirror used in the 18th Century for viewing the landscape, so named because its effect was thought to resemble the paintings of Claude Lorrain) is hung over a contemporary mirror, contrasting the two views.

Picture(sque), Ellen Harvey, 2017. Antique Claude Glass, float glass mirror, hook, plywood. Mirror: 23.5 x 21 x 0.5 in (58 x 53 cm), Claude Glass (closed): 5 x 4 x 0.75 in (13 x 10 x 2 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard.