The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 21, 2024

Wood-Milne

Wood-Milne

1930
(Slovakian, 1904–1979)
France, 20th century
gelatin silver print, montage
Image: 37.5 x 28.1 cm (14 3/4 x 11 1/16 in.); Mounted: 49.3 x 32.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2007.58
© Ministère de la Culture / Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN
Location: not on view

Description

This early example of the use of photomontage in advertising exhibits a modernist sensibility yet relies on a surreal juxtaposition of scale. It is an ad for rubber soles for shoes.
  • The artist's estate, Paris
    (Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY)
    David Raymond [b.1979], New York, NY
    2007
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner. Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography : the David Raymond Collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2014. Mentioned: p. 62; reproduced p. 65; reproduced and mentioned: p. 215
  • Forbidden Games: Surrealist and Modernist Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015).
  • {{cite web|title=Wood-Milne|url=false|author=François Kollar|year=1930|access-date=21 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2007.58