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Curtis Moffat: Silver Society
Experimental Photography and Design, 1923-1935
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Ideal for readers interested in 20th-century photography, Modernist art and design, and British high society of the interwar period. It appeals to art historians, photography enthusiasts, and those fascinated by cultural history and portraiture.
Deals with the life of the American artist Curtis Moffat, who is known for his dynamic abstract photographs, innovative color still lifes and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early twentieth century. This title reveals Moffat's photography.
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This is the first publication on American artist Curtis Moffat, who is known for his dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lifes, and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early twentieth century. Moffat was also a pivotal figure in Modernist interior design and furniture.
Living in London throughout the 1920s and early '30s during the era of the "Bright Young Things," Moffat produced stylish photographic portraits of leading figures in high society, stage, theatre, and the arts, including Cecil Beaton, The Sitwells, Nancy Cunard, Lady Diana Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, and Daphne Du Maurier.
In 2003 and 2007, Moffat's daughter, Penelope Smail, generously donated his extensive archive to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Curtis Moffat: Silver Society is drawn from that archive and also includes digital reconstructions of colour images from original tri-carbro process black-and-white negatives. It reveals Moffat's pioneering yet little-known photography in all its depth and beauty.
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According to Lena Rawley in New York Magazine, after moving from New York to London post-World War I, Moffat established a photography studio with socialite Olivia Wyndham and became famed for his portraits of society women among the city's "Bright Young Things." Josh Bright of Independent Photographer highlights the book's compelling selection of Moffat's works including portraits, photograms, candid snapshots, and striking colour imagery drawn from his vast archives.
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ISBN: 9783958290273
Publisher: Steidl Publishers
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 November 2016
Country: Germany
Imprint: Steidl Verlag
Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Contributors:
- Edited by Martin Barnes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 230.0mm
Height: 290.0mm
Weight: 1600g
Pages: 224
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About the Author
Martin Barnes is Senior Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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