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Geometric Abstraction

c. 1950

Pim van Os

(Dutch, 1910–1954)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 23.7 x 17.7 cm (9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1993.143
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Active just after World War II, Pim van Os was a pioneering Dutch photographer who gained considerable recognition in postwar Europe for his experimental imagery. This abstract composition was made exclusively with the camera, and the movement of light is both the means of expression and the subject of the picture. Layered geometric shapes give the slightest sense of a three-dimensional arrangement of bold shapes.

Geometric Abstraction

c. 1950

Pim van Os

(Dutch, 1910–1954)
Netherlands

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