From Replica to Original
Year: 2020

In 1854, Abraham Solomon exhibited a pair of modern-life paintings at the Academy. This chapter discusses the history of Solomon’s paintings as an example of replication as a form of reception, a response to the first work created in collaboration with others and in dialogue with a speculative market. It argues that taking the existence and history of replicas into account can shed light on other aspects of artistic practice, including, in this case, core—but often overlooked—questions about mid