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The Smoker--The Match--The Cigarette

1911
Not on view
Bragaglia described the trajectory of motion as "that which exerts a fascination over our senses, the vertiginous lyrical expression of life, the lively invoker of the magnificent dynamic feeling with which the universe incessantly vibrates."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Smoker--The Match--The Cigarette
  • Artist: Anton Giulio Bragaglia (Italian, 1890–1960)
  • Date: 1911
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: Image: 11.8 x 14.5 cm (4 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.247
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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