The Leader

Currently not on view

The Leader

1938-1939

Nicholas Ház (American (born Hungary), 1883–1953)

Color photography was primarily confined to commercial use in magazines and advertising when a small number of artists began using it in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Little known today, Ház established a school for photography in New York and lectured on his exhaustively detailed theory of classifying and understanding photographs.

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Object Details

Title:

The Leader

Date:

1938-1939

Artist:

Nicholas Ház (American (born Hungary), 1883–1953)

Medium:

Dye transfer print (Eastman wash-off relief process)

Dimensions:

Image (irregular): 13 15/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.4 x 28.6 cm) Sheet (irregular): 14 5/8 x 11 15/16 inches (37.1 x 30.3 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund, 2006

Accession Number:

2006-63-1

Geography:

Possibly made in Hungary, Europe

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