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Florence Henri
(American, 1893-1982)
Born in New York City in 1893,
Henri first studied music, then painting under Fernand Léger in Paris and
photography at the Bauhaus under Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Josef Albers during
1927 and 1928. After her studies, she moved to Paris where she set up a
studio for portrait, fashion and advertising photography. Her work was
included in many seminal exhibitions and publications of the late 1920s
and early 1930s, contributing to the international language of
photographic experimentation and abstraction referred to as the New Vision
in Europe. Henri's photography demonstrates a mastery of portraiture and
still-life, incorporating close-ups, reflections and montage in her
repertory of techniques. Like other 'new photographers' of the time, she
also made use of unusual viewpoints and her photographs reflect the
influence of cubism, often using mirrors to produce pictures that are
fragmented and spatially ambiguous.
Self Portrait
ca. 1930
Tete de femme
Composition Nature morte 1929
Still Life Composition, 1929
Marseille 1929
Composition abstraite - Moulin, 1928
La Bottine 1930
La Bottine 1930
Jeanne Lanvin 1929
Cora 1929
Portrait composition 1930
Portrait
composition, 1930
Portrait composition 1930
Macaroni La Lune 1929
Macaroni La Lune -
1929
Coquillettes - 1929
Macaroni La Lune - 1929
"M" - 1929
Columbia - 1931
Selcroix - 1935
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