1940s
gelatin silver print, 29.8 x 39.8 cm,
artist`s stamp, exhibition stamp from Brazil,
title written in pencil,
label with surname and the English title on the reverse,
vintage print
The work could be considered as one of the most emblematic examples of pictorial aesthetics in photography. It invokes painting both in its form, with soft lights and blurred contours, and its composition, which resembles that of well-known paintings.
Publication: Jan Sunderland, Aesthetics of Landscape Photography (Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1963).