About this artwork
Geraldo de Barros pushed photography to its limits. This image’s network of pale lines offers few clues to its real-world subject. Instead it hovers at the very edge of visibility, inviting viewers to contemplate the subtle range of gradations between white and palest gray.
A key figure in Brazilian modern art, Geraldo de Barros worked across the fields of painting, photography, and graphic and industrial design. His approach to photography resonated with a growing abstract art movement in Brazil: he employed multiple exposures, drew and etched on negatives, and reassembled fragments of negatives into new compositions.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Geraldo de Barros
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Title
- Untitled (Abstract) (Sem título (Abstrato))
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Place
- Brazil (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1951
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Medium
- Gelatin silver print
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Dimensions
- Image/paper: 35 × 27.2 cm (13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Elena Urschel and Photography Gala Fund
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Reference Number
- 2017.361
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