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Francis Bruguière American
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Bruguière created unnatural worlds in his pictures by photographing cut paper twisted into relief and lit by a single lamp placed in different positions. An exhibition of these abstract photographs was held at Der Sturm Gallery in Berlin in 1928 and attracted wide attention.
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Title: Design in Abstract Forms of Light
Artist:
Francis Bruguière (American, 1879–1945)
Date: 1925
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 33.5 x 26.4 cm (13 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Object Number: 1987.1100.39
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