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Olympic High Diving Champion, Marjorie Gestring, San Francisco

John Gutmann American, born Germany
1936
Not on view
When John Gutmann released his camera's shutter, Marjorie Gestring may have been ascending or descending in her dive, but in the picture the Olympic gold medalist levitates in the pause bridging ascent and descent. The artist himself emphasized the tension of the moment by mounting the photograph eccentrically. Gutmann, an accomplished painter before immigrating to the United States as a photoreporter in 1933, lives in San Francisco.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Olympic High Diving Champion, Marjorie Gestring, San Francisco
  • Artist: John Gutmann (American (born Germany), Breslau 1905–1998 San Francisco, California)
  • Date: 1936
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 34.1 x 26.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.1100.401
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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