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Merce Cunningham in Appalachian Spring, Martha Graham Company

Arnold EagleWW-1945-109135
1945·Gelatin silver print·33.4 x 27.5 cm. (13 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Gift of Arnold Eagle, New York, 1990

Catalogue

Year
1945
Dimensions
33.4 x 27.5 cm. (13 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

Artist

Arnold Eagle
Arnold Eagle

Photography

Arnold Eagle was an American photographer and filmmaker whose work documented urban life and social conditions in the mid-twentieth century. Active from the 1930s onward, he combined documentary photography with experimental film, capturing the texture of American cities and working communities. Eagle's practice bridged journalism and artistic inquiry, employing both still and moving image to record vernacular architecture, street culture, and labor. His postwar output refined these interests through a more formally considered approach to composition and sequence.

Budapest, Hungary

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Year
1945
Dimensions
33.4 x 27.5 cm. (13 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1945-109135

Source

Source
met
Status
verified

Artist

Arnold Eagle

Arnold Eagle

Photography

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