Reclining woman
Artist
Florence Henri
(Swiss, 1893 - 1982)
Date1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 inches (29.85 × 23.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4002
SignedArtist's stamp on sheet verso, top, in blue ink: "PHOTO / FLORENCE HENRI"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in blue pen: "mention obligatoire" / "~1930"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "R5 / FL021SG91" [?];
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "↑";
On sheet verso, red sticker, with black pen: "39";
On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "25";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "bas";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, white label with blue type: "RUTH SCHUFFTAN, / 8, HIGHBOURNE HOUSE, / HIGH STREET, W.1. / WELBECK 6139."
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DescriptionImage of a reclining woman with right arm raised beside her head. In her hand she loosely holds a narrow rod with round shapes tied to it.Gallery LabelThis dreamlike image presents its subject from an unusual perspective: the orientation of the floor plane is uncertain, and the woman’s arm is oddly foreshortened. Florence Henri embraced the experimental spirit of the European "New Vision" of the 1920s and 1930s. This movement emphasized photography as a mechanical medium with a thoroughly modern capacity for creative expression beyond mere documentation.
Copyright© Galleria Martini & Ronchetti, Genoa, Italy; www.florencehenri.com
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