Castles of Today
Artist
Johan Hagemeyer
(American, born Netherlands, 1884 - 1962)
Date1922
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (24.45 x 18.73 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (57.15 x 46.99 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (57.15 x 46.99 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4009
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Front of Mount
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Terms
The photographs of Johan Hagemeyer underscore an artistic continuity between the softer focus and romantic mood of Pictorialism and the bolder forms of early modernism. In this image, one of his most celebrated pictures, Hagemeyer crafts a geometric harmony from the architecture of the San Francisco skyline. Hagemeyer titled this image Castles of Today believing the beauty of modern factories and buildings was equal to the architectural splendors of the past.
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