Accession Number1991/2.49
TitleMartha Graham—Lamentation
Artist(s)Barbara MorganArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1935, printed 1980Medium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 13 1/16 in x 10 9/16 in (33.18 cm x 26.83 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/16 in (56.2 cm x 45.88 cm);19 15/16 in x 16 in (50.64 cm x 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Willard and Barbara Morgan ArchivesSubject matterBarbara Morgan moved from California to New York City in 1930. She began photographing Martha Graham in 1935 after seeing her perform, immediately introducing herself and beginning a collaboration. Morgan photographed Graham and her company in her studio, giving her more control over the images she produced. Themes in her work included dance, capturing gesture, and depicting crucial moments in sequences of movement. This photograph represents a still moment from Martha Graham's performance of
Lamentation, a modern dance choreographed to Zoltán Kodály's 1910
Piano Piece, Op. 3, No. 2.Physical DescriptionA photograph of a woman dancing. She lifts her arms up toward the right of the frame, her legs creating a diagonal across the bottom of the frame.
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Keywords
Figures
cast shadows
costume (mode of fashion)
dance (discipline)
dancers
dances
dances (performance events)
modern and contemporary art
movement (compositional concept)