Hubert Grooteclaes
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Artist Hubert Grooteclaes (Belgian, 1927–1994)Belgian, 1927–1994

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

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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