Copy print of photogram

© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

Copy print of photogram

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Copy print of photogram,

1960

Christian Schad, German, 1894–1982
2001-229
Photograms are one of the oldest photographic techniques, and their popularity has been reasserted several times throughout the history of photography. They are made by placing objects on top of a light-sensitized surface that is then exposed to light. Schad became fond of the technique around 1918 and began making deliberately abstract images from found objects, such as the lace fabric and coiled string or wire seen here. Images like this one were later called "shadowgraphs," a name that both played on Schad’s name and referenced the method of creation itself.

Information

Title
Copy print of photogram
Dates

1960

Maker
Christian Schad
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
15.6 x 11.1 cm (6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in.) mount: 20.9 x 16.6 cm. (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
2001-229
Place Made

Europe, Germany

Inscription
Signed in ink, lower right corner: Schad
Culture
American, German
Type
photographs, photograms, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, gelatin silver process
Subject
lace, wire

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