Marilyn Entering the Closet, #5 from the portfolio: Marilyn
Artist: Philippe Halsman (American, 1906-1979)
Date: 1952
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)
image: 33 x 18.1 cm (13 x 7 1/8 in.)
mat: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Medium: Gelatin-silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Marjorie Neikrug
Object number: 1989.19E
Label Text:From the 1940s through the 1970s, Philippe Halsman was known for his piercing psychological portraits. He often turned his routine assignments into serious investigations of a person’s character. Many attribute this aspect of his creativity to the influence of Surrealism. Like the surrealists, “…Halsman found a way to suggest that another layer of meaning, dreamlike and real, lay just beneath the surface of everyday experience. Most used this insight to shock or disturb viewers. Halsman understood that the same strategy could provide great pleasure.” Mary Panzer, in Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective
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