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Composition

1927–1929

Jaromír Funke

(Czech, 1896–1945)
Culture
Czechoslovakia, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print, silver bromide, photogram
Measurements
Image: 38.2 x 27.7 cm (15 1/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1986.38
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Active during the 1920s and 1930s, Jaromír Funke was one of Czechoslovakia's most important photographers. During the late 1920s, Funke used panes and spheres of glass, bottles, and other objects to create striking abstract compositions and still lifes that emphasized reflected light and cast shadows.
A vertically oriented, abstract photograph with the upper right two-thirds filled with semitranslucent panes is overlaid on a black surface, creating gradients of gray intersected by the white edges of each pane. The panes are positioned at an angle, one corner pointing toward our lower right corner in which a partially cutoff white circle contrasts with the black background.

Composition

1927–1929

Jaromír Funke

(Czech, 1896–1945)
Czechoslovakia, 20th century

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