Object number2001.17.6
Nude Against Sea
Date1933
Artist
Andreas Feininger
(American, b. France, 1906 - 1999)
CultureAmerican
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Feininger Family
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (verso, LRC, in ink): A. Feininger
InscribedInscribed (verso, stamp): FOTO: ANDREAS FEININGER; (glued lavel): Simplification by means of lighting: unbroken shadows help to hold the forms together while highlights emphazixe their outlines / Taken on a cliff against the neutral background of the sea, penfilm, no filter used.
BibliographyAndreas Feininger (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2003) p. 10 Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Andreas Feininger," January 17 - March 16, 2003. (see below)
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