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Imogen CunninghamTwo Callas1929
1929
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This supremely elegant photograph illustrates why Imogen Cunningham’s botanical pictures are a keystone of modernist photography. In the 1920s, Cunningham was living in Oakland and was largely confined to her home while raising her three small children. She had worked in the botany department at the University of Washington, and she used that knowledge to cultivate a garden that would supply close-at-hand subjects that could fulfill her drive to create. This work exemplifies her move away from the soft focus of her early pictorialist work, and her embrace of the crystal clear imagery that made her, and the other Group f/64 photographers, widely influential.
In 1929, the seminal Film und Foto (FIFO) exhibition was held in Stuttgart, and served as a platform for the modernist vision of “New Photography”. Edward Weston, another key Group f/64 photographer, included eight of Cunningham's botanical photographs in his nomination for inclusion in the show. As a result, this classic picture Two Callas debuted in that landmark exhibition.
This print comes with an excellent provenance - from the Lee Witkin Gallery, to a close relative of Witkin's. The Witkin Gallery opened in 1969 and was instrumental in situating fine art photography both in the context of the larger art world as well as within the nascent market for photography.
This gelatin silver print, made by the artist in 1974, measures 11.5 x 9 inches, on a mount measuring 19 x 15 inches. It is signed and dated on the mount, and bears a Witkin Gallery label on verso.
- Creator:Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976, American)
- Creation Year:1929
- Dimensions:Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU302213273322
Imogen Cunningham
Imogen Cunningham occupies a singular position in the history of American art of the 20th century. For over half the history of photography, she explored, with innovation and a new perspective, all the major traditions associated with the medium as fine art. She has been most widely acclaimed for the photographs made during the 1920s and 1930s, particularly close-up images of plants and nudes. She also made portraits which are now considered classics in photography, including images of Alfred Stieglitz, Spencer Tracy and Martha Graham. She was a founding member of the West Coast-based Group f.64, which championed an un-manipulated, direct approach with the camera, or “straight” photography. Her photographs are represented in major collections and museums around the world.
(Biography provided by Weston Gallery)
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