Laudanum
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
These images belong to the Australian artist Tracey Moffatt’s nineteen-piece Laudanum, a series of photogravures embracing a turn-of-the-twentieth-century aesthetic in costume, character, setting, and medium. The title refers to a pain reliever and sedative commonly used in the nineteenth century. The medium, a combination of photography and etching, was likewise popular during this time. The narrative depicts the highly charged relationship between a white mistress and an Aboriginal servant involved in a sensual power struggle in which their roles often reverse.
Caption
Tracey Moffatt Australian, born 1960. Laudanum, 1998. Photogravure, sheet: 30 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (76.5 x 57.8 cm) image: 18 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (47 x 38.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. White Fund, 1999.80.7. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.80.7_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Laudanum
Date
1998
Medium
Photogravure
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 30 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (76.5 x 57.8 cm) image: 18 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (47 x 38.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower right in graphite: "Tracey Moffatt '98"
Inscriptions
Each print is inscribed lower center in graphite: "Laudanum"
Credit Line
Alfred T. White Fund
Accession Number
1999.80.7
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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