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Hands and Noose

1928

Germaine Krull

(Polish, 1897–1985)
Culture
Poland, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 22.8 x 13.2 cm (9 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2007.61
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Hands figure prominently in many Surrealist images, especially portraits where they sometimes serve instead of the eye as a window to an individual’s soul. In this photograph, hands participate in a mysterious, grim shadow drama that threatens a dire end for someone by hanging. This photograph may have been part of a commissioned story about Les Halles, the former central wholesale grocery market of Paris.
Grainy, out of focus black-and-white photograph with the shadow of a noose in the upper right corner and two hands with light skin tone reaching up towards the noose from the lower left. The fingertips are blurred by the dark, organic shape of a shadow that cuts between them and the noose.

Hands and Noose

1928

Germaine Krull

(Polish, 1897–1985)
Poland, 20th century

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