Gjon Mili
Clarke Mallery Performs High Jump for Photographer, New York

Clarke Mallery Performs High Jump for Photographer, New York
Clarke Mallery Performs High Jump for Photographer, New York
Clarke Mallery Performs High Jump for Photographer, New York
ArtistAmerican, born Albania, 1904–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Clarke Mallery Performs High Jump for Photographer, New York
Datec. 1939
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 in. (25.5 × 32.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1667
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionGjon Mili, a staff photographer for Life magazine, pioneered the use of flash and strobe lights to capture athletes suspended in mid-action.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"From the Printed Page: Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 23-June 5, 2006.

“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.

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