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Bracelets

1924
Not on view
Originally a painter and set designer, Outerbridge became one of the most influential advertising photographers of his era. Informed by such modern artistic movements as Cubism and machine art, as well as the seductive elegance prized in advertising, Outerbridge’s photographs of the 1920s elevate banal, everyday objects to a level of startling beauty and formal rigor. Thus, his photography could stand as fine art at the same time it lent itself to commercial application. Here, in a carefully arranged and dramatically lit composition, the bracelets themselves are less important than the geometric forms they create, a complex play of interlocking circles and elliptical shadows.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bracelets
  • Artist: Paul Outerbridge Jr. (American, New York 1896–1959 Laguna Beach, California)
  • Date: 1924
  • Medium: Platinum print
  • Dimensions: Image: 16.6 x 10.2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 in.)
    Mount: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.82.10
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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