Artist
Wanda Wulz(Italian, 1903–1984)Italian, 1903–1984
CultureItalian
Titles
- Wenn die Elisabeth nicht so schöne Beine hätte
- Wunder Bar
Date1923
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (29.5 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (29.5 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (29.5 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2732
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Wanda Wulz was a third-generation portrait photographer. In addition to her portrait studio work, she created experimental compositions aligned with avant-garde theories. In 1931 Wulz embraced the tenets of Futurism, an Italian movement that celebrated the modern world of industry and technology by creating compositions ripe with energy and movement. In this photograph, Wulz layered multiple exposures of a woman’s legs. With a sense of rhythmic movement, the photograph captures the aura of dance and the freedom of movement.
Provenance[Galerie de France, Paris]; bought by Manfred Heiting, April 26, 1979.
Exhibition History"Mostra Nazionale Fotografia Futurista", Trieste, 1932.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom left over image: Wanda Wulz // Trieste
No verso inscriptions.
No verso inscriptions.
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom left over image: Wanda Wulz // Trieste
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Communist Workers Party of Germany
1932
Rotogravure
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