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Erwin Blumenfeld, Nude Waving Behind Perforated Screen, ca. 1955-1957

Posted on February 20, 2014 //

by Andrea Rosen, Curator of Under the Surface. Erwin Blumenfeld sought in his experimental photographs to represent the idealized female beauty of his dreams and fantasies. Inspired by the way the old masters coyly rendered nudes “even more naked by their transparent veils,” Blumenfeld often employed props like grids, sheets, or glass barriers, as well as darkroom […]

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