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Merce Cunningham in ‘Root of the Unfocus’

Barbara Morgan

Artwork Details

Merce Cunningham in ‘Root of the Unfocus’
1944
Barbara Morgan
gelatin silver print on paper
7 3/16 in. x 9 3/8 in. ( 18.3 cm x 23.8 cm )
Museum Purchase
1991/2.44

Description

Morgan experimented with manipulating her photographic work, creating photomontage and double negatives. Here she elected to combine two negatives, as we can see in this image of the dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
Carole McNamara, Assistant Director for Collections & Exhibitions
on the occasion of the exhibition New York Observed: The Mythology of the City
(July 13 – September 22, 2003)

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