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[Nude]

Germaine Krull French, born Poland
1928–29
Not on view
In the years following World War I, an increasing number of professional female photographers claimed subjects traditionally generated by and for men. Among the most personally and creatively independent, Krull drew inspiration from the permissive cabaret culture she had enjoyed in Berlin in the early 1920s. This piece, one of a series of nudes she made in the years following her move to Paris in 1926, incorporates the dramatic lighting and disorienting viewpoints she had recently begun using in her photographs, to rapturous effect.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Nude]
  • Artist: Germaine Krull (French (born Poland), Wilda-Poznan 1897–1985 Wetzlar, Germany)
  • Date: 1928–29
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: Image: 23.4 x 17.1 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
    Mount: 33.9 x 26.6 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.100.559
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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