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Untitled (Room interior with self - portrait)
Artist: Herbert Seligmann (American, 1891-1984)
Date: about 1930
Dimensions:
Image: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (9.8 x 7.4 cm)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by an anonymous donor
Object number: 1980.1009
Label Text:
Until the late 1970s, Herbert Seligmann was known primarily as a writer. Indeed, he was a noted author, civil rights activist, and journalist whose writings at the New Republic, the New York Evening Post, New York Globe, and New York Tribune reflected his interest in public policy in the U.S. and Europe as well as his interest in the arts. He kept private his lifelong interest in photography, which had been inspired by his close friendship with Alfred Stieglitz and the 291 circle. This jewel-like image, beautifully composed and illuminated, is an example of the Museum selecting not a work by a “name” photographer, but a compelling, memorable image.
In 1962 Mr. Seligmann wrote, “On the brink of age seventy, I have come to know that the last basic resource of any human being is courage, that it is the cultivated senses and the informed imagination which open up the great world to the individual, and that for me there is no finer resort than the realm of great books, great art and great music.”
Until the late 1970s, Herbert Seligmann was known primarily as a writer. Indeed, he was a noted author, civil rights activist, and journalist whose writings at the New Republic, the New York Evening Post, New York Globe, and New York Tribune reflected his interest in public policy in the U.S. and Europe as well as his interest in the arts. He kept private his lifelong interest in photography, which had been inspired by his close friendship with Alfred Stieglitz and the 291 circle. This jewel-like image, beautifully composed and illuminated, is an example of the Museum selecting not a work by a “name” photographer, but a compelling, memorable image.
In 1962 Mr. Seligmann wrote, “On the brink of age seventy, I have come to know that the last basic resource of any human being is courage, that it is the cultivated senses and the informed imagination which open up the great world to the individual, and that for me there is no finer resort than the realm of great books, great art and great music.”
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