Twist Dive

1934

John Gutmann

Associated Names
John Gutmann

Artist, American, born Poland, 1905 - 1998

The image captures a person in mid-air performing a dive. The individual is upside down with legs bent and arms extended. The facial features are not clearly visible. The person has short or tightly secured hair and is wearing a swimsuit. There are no visible accessories or objects in their hands. A diving platform is shown at the bottom of the image, and the background is uniformly dark.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Diana and Mallory Walker Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24 × 20 cm (9 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.56.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Trust; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: John Gutmann; top left: 61.3; top right: 61.3; lower left: TWIST DIVE 1934; bottom left: 1934; by unknown hand, bottom center: JG.1262.Y

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