Zissou Caught in the Blast of Amerigo's Propeller, Buc, November
Lartigue's photograph of his brother suggests the teenage artist's delight in novel experiences and also the fascination of his family--and of the age--with speed and flight. Using a small hand-held camera, Lartigue managed to capture the peculiar look of high-velocity events recorded in a fraction of a second. His achievement was not so much technical as imaginative, involving no complex chemistry or procedures, only the canny application of a fast new tool to the modern whimsies of a privileged family during the Belle Epoque.
Artwork Details
- Title: Zissou Caught in the Blast of Amerigo's Propeller, Buc, November
- Artist: Jacques-Henri Lartigue (French, Courbevoie 1894–1986 Nice)
- Date: 1911, printed 1980s
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 10.8 cm. (3 3/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.365
- Rights and Reproduction: Photographie J.H. Lartigue © Ministère de la Culture - France/A.A.J.H.L
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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