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New York Montage
1928
Thurman Rotan
Thurman Rotan (American, 1903–1991)
Photography
New York Montage, 1928. Thurman Rotan (American, 1903–1991). Gelatin silver print, montage; image: 11.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2007.117 Born and raised in Texas, Rotan got a job working for a New York museum photographing artworks. His personal work emphasized the geometry, radical perspectives, and dramatic energy of the new New York. A 1932 essay on his work demonstrated American jingoism by praising Rotan’s photographs as "not the disordered jargon of photo-montage imported from decadent capitals abroad, but keen and sane assemblages singing a fresher song."
- Maker/Artist
- Rotan, Thurman
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- gelatin silver print, montage
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "New York Montage/Thurman Rotan 1928" Written in black ink on verso: "Rotan (signed) Inscription: Stamped twice on verso of print: "PHOTOGRAPH BY Rotan"
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
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