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Windows

1929
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
A peripatetic French American painter and photographer, Florence Henri studied with László Moholy-Nagy at the Bauhaus in Germany in summer 1927. Impressed by her natural talent, he wrote a glowing commentary on the artist for a small Amsterdam journal: "With Florence Henri’s photos, photographic practice enters a new phase, the scope of which would have been unimaginable before today...Reflections and spatial relationships, superposition and intersections are just some of the areas explored from a totally new perspective and viewpoint." Despite the high regard for her paintings and photographs in the 1920s, Henri remains largely underappreciated.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Windows
  • Artist: Florence Henri (American, 1893–1982)
  • Date: 1929
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Dimensions: Image: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (36.8 × 26 cm)
    Framed: 27 × 22 in. (68.6 × 55.9 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Promised Gift of Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs