Still life
(Nature morte)
(1931); printed (1975)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
35.9 × 47.9 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Florence Henri / Licensed by the Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
After studying music and painting, Florence Henri was introduced to photography in 1927 while attending the Bauhaus school. There, she met László Moholy-Nagy and Lucia Moholy, whose influence (especially Moholy’s) led Henri to focus solely on photography. In 1929 she established a studio in Paris, where she became renowned for her avant-garde and experimental practice. In addition to portraits of women, her work often features still-life compositions that combine everyday objects like envelopes and sheets of paper with natural elements such as flowers and leaves. Henri also frequently used mirrors as a means of fragmenting the pictorial space.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Edition
ed. 6/9
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen (in image) l.l.: 6/9
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen (in image) l.c.: F. Henri
Accession Number
2022.783
Department
International Photography