Wynn Richards
Floor and Sunlight

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Artist Wynn Richards American, 1888–1960

CultureAmerican

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Floor and Sunlight

Datec. 1918

PlaceChicago, Illinois, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (15.4 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (15.4 × 20.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection

Object number91.1033

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionWynn
Richards’s photographic career spanned the beginning of the 20th century and
embraced the different styles of that era. She first worked in a Pictorialist
style, characterized by a painterly aesthetic and hand-worked negatives and
prints, but she soon embraced a modern style of photography that favored
unmediated photographs and the abstract effects of light, shadow, form, and
line. A transitional work in Richards’s career, Floor and Sunlight contains
elements of both stylistic approaches. The old-fashioned interior and soft,
natural light exhibits Pictorialism’s idyllic style, while the strong linear
emphasis and unusual camera angle adds a modern flair.
ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: PF 5277 [vertical]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower center: Wynn Richards

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