Artist
Alma Lavenson (American, 1897–1989)American, 1897–1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Self-Portrait
Date1932
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 13/16 in. (22.9 × 30 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins
Object number2015.635
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
In 1932, seven San Francisco-based photographers, including Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, banded together to form Group f/64, named for the smallest aperture on a large-format camera, the setting that yielded the greatest depth of field. Alma Lavenson was among those invited to participate in the group’s first exhibition that November—a show that heralded a new aesthetic of sharply focused, carefully composed images, often contact-printed on glossy gelatin-silver paper for maximum clarity.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top left edge in pencil[upside down]: TR 644-92
lower right below image in pencil: Alma Lavenson
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