
Catalogue
- Year
- 1951
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 7 5/8 × 9 1/2" (19.4 × 24.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Wynn Bullock
Artist

Photography
Wynn Bullock was an American photographer known for his experimental approach to light and chemical manipulation of the photographic negative, producing dreamlike black-and-white images that prioritize form and texture over documentary clarity. Working primarily from the 1940s onward, he developed distinctive printing techniques that emphasized tonal subtlety and abstract compositional structure. His practice emerged from postwar modernist inquiry into photography's material properties and its capacity to reveal inner psychological states rather than surface appearances.
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Record
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- Wynn Bullock
- Year
- 1951
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 7 5/8 × 9 1/2" (19.4 × 24.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1951-M048581
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





