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Catalogue
- Year
- 1987
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 28.7 × 25.2 cm (11 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.); 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Arnold Newman
Artist
Photography
Arnold Newman was an American photographer renowned for his environmental portraits of cultural and political figures, developing a distinctive approach that situated subjects within spaces reflecting their work and character. Working primarily in black and white from the 1940s onward, he pioneered a compositional method that integrated architecture, objects, and spatial relationships as equal elements to the human face. His portraits of artists, scientists, and statesmen established portraiture as a serious documentary form in postwar American photography. Newman's technical mastery of available light and geometric composition influenced generations of editorial and fine art photographers.
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Record
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- Arnold Newman
- Year
- 1987
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 28.7 × 25.2 cm (11 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.); 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1987-093001
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified