Michael-Katchen_1978_220b_birnbaum_d

An installation photograph for Dara Birnbaum’s “(Reading) Versus (Reading Into),” at Franklin Furnace, from 1978. The facade of a New York City building is painted dark green and split visually into three sections by two large ionic columns covered in peeling light blue paint. In the center and right section, the lower portion is dominated by a set of french doors, while the left section has a full-length window. In the transom window portion of each of the three sections, a different black and white image of a man is being projected.