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The Shadows on the Wall (Chrysanthemums)

Adolf de Meyer American, born France
ca. 1906
Not on view
Focusing his camera not on a still life per se, but on its evanescent trace, de Meyer creates a composition that approaches abstraction. He later applied a similar handling of light and shadow to enhance the drama of his fashion photographs. Here, the shadow of a vase of flowers cast onto the wall has the effect of a Japanese lacquered screen.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Shadows on the Wall (Chrysanthemums)
  • Artist: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868–1946 Los Angeles, California)
  • Date: ca. 1906
  • Medium: Platinum print
  • Dimensions: 34.7 x 26.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.43.231
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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