Hubert Grooteclaes
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CultureBelgian
Titles
  • Untitled
Date1964
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage: 14 5/8 × 11 in. (37.1 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 3/4 in. (39.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1991
Object number91.1780
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionInspired by the work of fellow Belgian artist René Magritte, Hubert Grooteclaes produced mysterious photographs with whimsical and surreal elements. Grooteclaes shared with Magritte and the Surrealists a fascination with the representation of the female form, often fragmenting the body in unique ways. In his 1964 work, he created a cryptic photomontage—a technique of cutting and pasting existing photographic images and then photographing the result to produce a seamless whole. Grooteclaes finished his work of art by hand coloring portions of the work, giving this fractured face a human touch.
Provenance[Benteler Morgan Galleries, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in ink " 1964 "
verso top left in pencil H G0027-A "
bottom right below image in ink " Grooteclaes "

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