Eleonor and Giles Robertson, Edinburgh
Struth only photographs people after knowing them for many months or years and collaborates with them on every aspect of how they would like to be seen. For Struth, this elderly Scottish art historian and his wife were like Ur-forms of “the old learned bourgeoisie, [whose] ‘form of being in the world’ we could only imagine in the 19th century.” They have a relationship to art that is intimate, shared, and humanistic—a quality that drew Struth to them and was, according to the artist, significant in the genesis of his Museum Photographs as well.
Artwork Details
- Title: Eleonor and Giles Robertson, Edinburgh
- Artist: Thomas Struth (German, born Geldern, 1954)
- Date: 1987
- Medium: Chromogenic print
- Dimensions: Image: 41.5 x 58.9 cm (16 5/16 x 23 3/16 in.)
Frame: 67.3 x 85.7 cm (26 1/2 x 33 3/4 in.) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, Vital Projects Fund Inc. Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel and Hideyuki Osawa Gift, 2010
- Object Number: 2010.321
- Rights and Reproduction: © Thomas Struth
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Multiple artists/makers
2001
Thomas Struth
1993
Thomas Struth
1999, printed 2004
Thomas Struth
1997; printed 2014
Thomas Struth
2010
Research Resources
The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.