Imogen Cunningham
Snake in Bucket 3

Snake in Bucket 3

© Imogen Cunningham Trust

Snake in Bucket 3
Snake in Bucket 3
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Snake in Bucket 3
Date1920
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 11/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.855
Not on view

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Department
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Object Type
Description


Like many fine art photographers in the early 20th century, Imogen Cunningham employed soft focus and idyllic poses at the start of her career. By 1917, however, she began to develop an innovative, sharply focused, and straight- forward style. This more objective photographic approach did not require a sacrifice of artistry, but instead celebrated what Cunningham and her peers viewed as the modernist heart of the photographic medium. Snake in Bucket 3 is a sensuous study of nature conveyed with a crystalline clarity, delighting in the beauty of the snake’s delicate coils and decorative pattern of scales.      



Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in, "American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from the Manfred Heiting Collection purchased by the Brown Foundation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from August 23-February 1, 2004.
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