Martin Munkacsi
[Tibor von Halmay]

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Artist Martin MunkacsiAmerican, born Hungary, 1896–1963

CultureAmerican

Titles

[Tibor von Halmay]

Date1932

PlaceBerlin, Germany

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 11 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (29.3 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 9 1/2 in. (30 × 24.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2002.1699

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

After moving to Berlin in 1928, the Hungarian photographer
Martin Munkácsi brought a modern spirit of spontaneity and freedom to fashion photography,
as in this dynamic image of the dancer Tibor von Halmay seemingly suspended in
indeterminate space. The image was part of a series published in the November
1932 issue of Die Dame (The Lady), the
leading illustrated journal catering to “the new woman” in interwar Germany.

Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Stamped in purple, verso, center: Aufnahme: // Martin Munkácsi // Berlin-Schöneberg // Erfurter Str. 9 // Copyright vorbehalten

[Agfa Brovira paper stamp, verso, scattered]

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