{"title":"Frank Vanek","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"frank-vanek-signed-photograph-richardsons-ice-cream-c-1985-2005","title":"Frank Vanek Signed Photograph, Richardson's Ice Cream Is Out of This World, c. 1985 to 2005","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA night photograph in which a ribbon of light swings across a dark frame and turns an ice cream sign into a planet. Out of an almost entirely black field emerge two things: a lit sign reading RICHARDSON'S ICE CREAM PARLOR, and long white streaks of light that sweep in from the lower left, bend through a wide arc around the sign and double back on themselves, so that the sign sits inside a ring like Saturn. Around the edges, small lights have burst into hard eight pointed stars, and two clusters of dots in the lower half resolve into lit trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was all made in a single long exposure in the camera. The photographer titled it accordingly: the card on the back reads RICHARDSON'S ICE CREAM IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. It is signed in graphite on the mat at lower right, \u003cem\u003eFrank Vanek\u003c\/em\u003e, and framed with a cream over black core double mat with ruled gilt fillets in a honey stained moulding with a gilt sight edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Provenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photograph arrived with its own paperwork. Taped to the backing board is a printed exhibition entry card, headed by a monogram closing in a paintbrush, completed by hand: artist, FRANK VANEK; title, RICHARDSON'S ICE CREAM IS OUT OF THIS WORLD; medium, PHOTOGRAPHY, ABSTRACT; and his price, $150.00. It names the photographer, gives the work its real title, records how he classified it, and preserves what he asked for it when it hung in a show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA photographer of the same name exhibited photographs of Death Valley at Lake Tahoe Community College in 2001, and we believe that is very probably him. The image itself carries no date; the framing and the entry card place it about 1985 to 2005. The signature is on the mat rather than the print, which is common for exhibition photographs, and the work should stay in this mat. Everything we know of him is on the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/artists-frank-vanek\"\u003eFrank Vanek artist page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eObject\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned black and white photograph, double matted and framed under glass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eArtist\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFrank Vanek\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTitle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRichardson's Ice Cream Is Out of This World\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMedium\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePhotograph; a night long exposure with light trails, described by the artist as photography, abstract\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSignature\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSigned Frank Vanek in graphite on the mat at lower right; not signed on the print\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLabels\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePrinted exhibition entry card on the reverse, completed by hand with artist, title, medium and a price of $150.00\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApproximately 19 in wide by 16 in tall framed; image approximately 9½ in by 7½ in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ec. 1985 to 2005, on the framing and the label\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCondition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVery good and ready to hang. The photograph is clean with deep blacks and bright highlights and no fading, foxing or abrasion. Mats clean with crisp bevels. Frame sound with light scuffs and small dents to the outer moulding. Glass intact. Entry card complete and legible, its tape aged to amber. Condition Guaranteed.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne of a Kind, 1 Available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Belongs in Your Home\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a photograph with a joke in it, and the joke is good enough that people will ask about it. At a glance it reads as an abstract, a white ribbon through black; then the sign resolves and the ring the light has drawn around it turns an ice cream parlour into a planet. Graphically it is close to ideal for a wall: one strong white gesture in a dark field carries across a room. Black and white also sits happily with anything else you own. Hang it where people linger, in a hallway, a study, above a bar or in a kitchen, keep it out of direct sun, and leave the entry card on the back exactly where it is. It is the provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viridian Eclection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48063214420073,"sku":"VE-1627","price":262.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/0093\/9369\/files\/E715CED4-3105-454B-90FA-866F526B6F08.jpg?v=1789489949"}],"url":"https:\/\/viridianeclection.com\/collections\/frank-vanek.oembed","provider":"Viridian Eclection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}