Light Abstraction
Artist
Edward Quigley
(American, 1898 - 1977)
Date1931
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/2 x 10 inches (31.75 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4065
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
On Mount
Artist's Label
"Photograph by Edward Quigley, 1712 Walnut Street, Philadelphia"
Back of Mount
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 5. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 15 – July 9, 2009, no cat.
Rotation 9. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 20, 2010 – March 13, 2011, no cat.
The work of Philadelphian Edward Quigley from the early 1930s exemplifies the influence of the European New Vision in American photography. Working as both a commercial and artistic photographer, Quigley kept abreast of the most advanced international work and incorporated a range of modernist ideas into his own practice. In 1931, he produced a group of light abstractions-including this image-using prisms, selective focus, camera motion and occasional double-printing of negatives.
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