1988.12
Untitled
Artist
Maurice Tabard
(Lyon, France, 1897 - 1984, Paris, France)
Title
Untitled
Creation Date
1929
Century
20th century
Dimensions
6 7/8 in. x 9 1/8 in. (17.5 cm. x 23.2 cm.)
Classification
Photographs
Creation Place
Europe, France
Medium and Support
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
Copyright
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Accession Number
1988.12
Photograms are camera-less images produced by placing objects onto photographic paper. Depending on the exposure time, the transparency of the object used, and the distances between object, paper, and light, the process may produce clearly defined silhouettes or nearly unrecognizable blurs. While the process had existed since photographic paper was invented, Man Ray claimed to have discovered the technique by accident, and called his own versions “rayographs.”