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[Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof]

T. Lux Feininger American, born Germany
1927
Not on view
The Charleston, a fast-paced American jazz dance, swept through Europe after Josephine Baker introduced it to Parisian audiences in the Revue Nègre in 1925. The surprisingly tilted frame of this photograph suggests that, like the dancer (Xanti Schawinsky) and his accompanist (Clemens Röseler), the photographer too had become infected with the music's swinging rhythms.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: [Charleston on the Bauhaus Roof]
  • Artist: T. Lux Feininger (American (born Germany), Berlin 1910–2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1927
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.4 cm (3 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.1100.107
  • Rights and Reproduction: © T. Lux Feininger
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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