Petah Coyne
Untitled 883 (Tear Drop Monk), 1997
Gelatin Silver Print
Sheet: 40 x 30 inches
Image: 37 3/4 x 25 1/8 inches

Provenance
Galerie Lelong, New York
Private Collection, New York, Acquired from the above

Time and movement is evident in Petah Coyne's Untitled #883 (Tear Drop Monk), 1997, an iconic Silver Gelatin Print showing robed Japanese monks moving through space. The blurry apparitional figures suggest spirituality and divinity.

From MASS MoCA Petah Coyne: Everything That Rises Much Converge
"Coyne’s photography captures fleeting moments of life in transition. When
Coyne takes her photographs, both she and her subjects are in motion,
leading to a feeling of transitory presence."

"All of Coyne’s works take inspiration from personal stories, film, literature and political events. Coyne takes these sources and applies a Baroque sense of decadent refinement, imbuing her work with a magical quality to evoke intensely personal associations."

"Coyne’s works both rise and converge, making palpable the inherent tensions between vulnerability and aggression, innocence and seduction, beauty and decadence, and, ultimately, life and death."