Composition, Nature Morte

Artist Florence Henri (Swiss, 1893 - 1982)

Date1929

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 5/16 inches (11.43 × 8.41 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.2696

SignedSignature, Signed in artist's hand, Back of Print [hinged to back mat; could not confirm signature].

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionVintage print of leaves.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Photographic Abstraction. Utah State University, Logan, UT, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, Fine Art Center/Cheekwood, Nashville, TN, Montgomery Museum of Art, AL, 1986-1987. no cat.

Rotation 7. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 7, 2009 – May 17, 2010, no cat

Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This image, with its fragmented planes, unusual perspective and reflective surfaces, creates a sense of disorientation. Florence Henri’s work exemplifies the experimental, avant-garde spirit of European photography during the 1920s and 1930s. Henri had a broad training in the arts. After studying painting in Berlin and Paris, she took up photography in 1927.

Provenance

Leberman & Saul, New York, NY;
Purchased from Lieberman & Saul by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1986;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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