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

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Artist Gjon Mili (American, born Albania, 1904–1984)American, born Albania, 1904–1984

CultureAmerican

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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, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1667

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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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