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Pierre Dubreuil — Un Geste
Pierre Dubreuil

Un Geste

A striking example of Pierre Dubreuil's bold pictorialist vision, *Un Geste* captures a fleeting human gesture with dramatic compositional intensity and tonal sophistication. Dubreuil's masterful manipulation of light and shadow transforms an everyday movement into a powerful, almost abstract study of form. The work exemplifies his avant-garde approach to photography, bridging the gap between fine art and the photographic medium.

Medium
The artist's monogram in white ink on the recto; titled in pencil on the mount; signed, titled, annotated in pencil and 'DB69' stamp on the reverse of the mount; various exhibition labels affixed to the reverse of the mount.

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The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation

October 3, 2017

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Pierre Dubreuil, Un Geste

A striking example of Pierre Dubreuil's bold pictorialist vision, *Un Geste* captures a fleeting human gesture with dramatic compositional intensity and tonal sophistication. Dubreuil's masterful manipulation of light and shadow transforms an everyday movement into a powerful, almost abstract study of form. The work exemplifies his avant-garde approach to photography, bridging the gap between fine art and the photographic medium.

Medium
The artist's monogram in white ink on the recto; titled in pencil on the mount; signed, titled, annotated in pencil and 'DB69' stamp on the reverse of the mount; various exhibition labels affixed to the reverse of the mount.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dramatic Mood, Modernist Photography, Male Artist, Modernist, French Photographer, Avant-Garde, Early 20th Century, Black and White Photography, Expressive Mood, Gelatin Silver Print, Experimental Composition, Pictorialism, Figurative, Black and White, Pictorialist Photography

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Cleveland Museum of Art