Details

Title

The Light That Never Was on Land or Sea

Artist/Maker

Francis Bruguière (American, 1879–1945)

Date

ca. 1925, printed 1920s

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Purchase with funds from Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Accession #

1986.122

On View

Currently not on view

Francis Bruguière created this stunning image by shining light onto cut sheets of paper. He drew his inspiration from Danish artist Thomas Wilfred, who invented a device he called the Lumia in order to experiment with light projections. Bruguière took several exposures to capture the different patterns of light on the paper. His transformation of light into abstract forms gives the intangible subject an illusion of solidity, weight, and volume.

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