Blowout

Artist: Herbert Bayer, American (born Austria), 1900–1985
Date: 1928
Material: Gelatin silver print
Classification: Photographs
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 14 1/2 in. x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm)
sheet: 14 1/2 in. x 11 in. (36.8 x 27.9 cm)
framed: 23 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (58.7 x 43.5 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Shop Fund
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 70:1993

NOTES

Taken on a bicycle trip to southern France, this image by the Bauhaus school instructor Herbert Bayer exploits an unfortunate moment to artistic effect."Blowout" is characteristic of the experimental spirit and geometric design central to Bauhaus aesthetics. Through close cropping, Bayer reorganizes everyday reality into a surprising composition that radiates energy in the profusion of circular and linear elements. The composition serves as a metaphor for the dynamism of the modern world.

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