Étude de Mains
A masterful study of hands captured through Lartigue's characteristic sensitivity and intimate observation, this gelatin silver print transforms a simple subject into a quietly poetic exploration of form and gesture. The photograph reveals the artist's lifelong fascination with freezing fleeting, personal moments, rendering the human hand with both technical precision and emotional warmth.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Photographs
May 8, 2013
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Artists in conversation
Alfred Stieglitz
American · b. 1864
Stieglitz created intimate gelatin silver studies of hands and body parts, most famously in his portrait series of Georgia O'Keeffe, sharing Lartigue's ability to transform close detail into quietly poetic and emotionally resonant black and white imagery.
Edward Weston
American · b. 1886
Weston's modernist black and white figure studies elevate everyday forms into formal and lyrical compositions, mirroring Lartigue's approach of finding sculptural beauty and emotional warmth in intimate, closely observed human subjects.
Imogen Cunningham
American · b. 1883
Cunningham's gelatin silver close up studies of hands, figures, and organic forms share the same technical precision and intimate observational quality found in this piece, rendering small personal subjects with both formal elegance and human warmth.
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