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accession number:	1996.358
share license status:	Copyrighted
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updated:		2023-01-11 08:04:18.916000

Triangle Composition (Harry Losee), 1922. Jane Reece (American, 1869–1961). Gelatin silver print; image: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.); paper: 25 x 20.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.358

title:				Triangle Composition (Harry Losee)
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creation date:			1922
creation date earliest:		1922
creation date latest:		1922
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Jane Reece (American, 1869–1961)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 24 x 19 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 25 x 20.2 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America
	opening date:   2015-09-05T00:00:00
	<i>Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 5, 2015-January 17, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Soul Unbound: The Photographs of Jane Reece</em>. Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (September 20-November 30, 1997).

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PROVENANCE

	Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
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fun fact:
Jane Reece, who lived and worked in Dayton, Ohio, exhibited her photography in salons and exhibitions around the world.

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In 1922 Jane Reece produced a handful of portraits of modern dancer Henry Losee (1901–1952) that blazed new trails both by producing a photogram (cameraless photography) and by incorporating it into a traditional photograph. The background here never existed in three dimensions; it was created by placing tissue or celluloid overlays on photosensitive paper. Each photogram is unique, so the background varies slightly in each print. Whether Reese was inspired by Cubist painting, the Vorticist photographs of Alvin Langdon Coburn, or the stage sets and lighting of avant-garde dance companies, the result is a daring experiment that moved Pictorialism toward modernism.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Reece, Jane, and Dominique H. Vasseur. T<em>he Soul Unbound: The Photographs of Jane Reece</em>. Dayton, OH: Dayton Art Institute, 1997.
	page number: 	cat. no. 34
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 308
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