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Sun of the Midi

1928
Not on view
When a print is solarized during development, the areas of photographic tone reverse along its edges. By using this technique, Kesting made the bathers' bodies appear incandescent. His nonsolarized prints from the same negative do not evoke the penetrating heat of the sun so viscerally.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sun of the Midi
  • Artist: Edmund Kesting (German, 1892–1970)
  • Date: 1928
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 19.5 x 25.8 cm (7 11/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.1100.65
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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