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Unknown Artist — Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio

Unknown Artist

Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio

1860

Staged with theatrical flair, this playful tintype reveals photography's early experimental spirit and the medium's capacity for storytelling beyond mere documentation.

Medium
tintype, sixth-plate in full case

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Unknown Artist, Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio, 1860

Staged with theatrical flair, this playful tintype reveals photography's early experimental spirit and the medium's capacity for storytelling beyond mere documentation.

Medium
tintype, sixth-plate in full case
Year
1860
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Photograph, Performance, Portrait, Tintype, Figurative, Black and White

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago