Károly Escher
Swingboats (Körhinta)

Swingboats (Körhinta)

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Swingboats (Körhinta)
Swingboats (Körhinta)
ArtistHungarian, 1890–1966
CultureHungarian
Titles
  • Swingboats (Körhinta)
Date1931
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (29.8 x 25.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (29.8 x 25.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.947
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Károly Escher acquired his first camera in 1902 at age 12
and honed his style over the next two decades, a period in which Hungarian photography
and cinema were gaining greater prominence as part of the European avant-garde.
Having begun his career as a cinematographer, moving into still photography
only in 1928, Escher maintained a cinematic flair, utilizing lighting and movement
to suggest a fluid story. In this dynamic, nearly abstract image of an amusement-park
ride, the varied postures and positions of the silhouetted figures, captured in
multiple exposures, suggest the thrill of arcing through the sky.




Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Hungarian Avant-Garde Photographers from the Manfred Heiting Collection", March 1, 2004-May 23, 2004
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black, verso of sheet, center, in a stamped black rectangle: COPYRIGHT BY // FOTO // ESCHER // BUDAPEST

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: 1932 Budapest
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: I [circled]
The photograph is not signed.

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