Francis Joseph Bruguière (American, 1879-1945). Cathedral Abstraction, 1931. Vintage gelatin silver. 13-3/8 x 9-1/8 inch...

Description

Francis Joseph Bruguière (American, 1879-1945)
Cathedral Abstraction, 1931
Vintage gelatin silver
13-3/8 x 9-1/8 inches (34 x 23.2 cm)
Credited in an unknown hand in pencil mount verso.

PROVENANCE
Julien Levy Collection;
Witkin Gallery, New York, until 1978.

LITERATURE:
See Bruguiere-His Photographs and His Life, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, pp. 108-113, pls. 78-83; and The Julien Levy Collection Starting with Atget, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1976, p. 77, fig. 27 for other examples from this series.

NOTE:
In 1912 Bruguière started to explore the use of multiple exposures. When he moved to London in 1931 he created a series on English cathedrals and a year later, in New York, a series on skyscrapers using the same technique.


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