Samadhi

Photograph

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Samadhi

Entry/Object ID

5799

Context

Raised in Southern California, Barbara Morgan began her career as a photographer after moving to New York City in 1930. Her first book is titled ‘Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs’, a selection of photos taken of dancers from Martha Graham's dance company. Though Morgan is best known for this series depicting dance, she also worked with experimental photography, as shown here in this photo.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University; gift of Lawrence Walner

Made/Created

Artist

Morgan, Barbara

Date made

1940

Ethnography

Notes

United States North America, United States

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

LR: Barbara Morgan 1940; LL: Samadhi / VERSO: LL: #5799; LC: Copyright Stamp - Barbara Morgan

Notes

Inscription Type: etc.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PHOTOGRAPHS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image

Width

31.75 cm

Length

39.37 cm

Dimension Description

sheet

Dimension Notes

Size: 19.875 x 15.875 Unit: in