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Dancing Nymph
Arthur F. Kalesabout 1917
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Explaining the abundance of photographic activity in this state, Los Angeles resident Arthur Kales wrote, "Nature has climatically and scenically endowed California beyond her needs. Conditions are ideal for the enjoyment of photography the year round." Kales frequently used dancers as models for his dramatic, staged pictures, posing them in wooded settings or on movie sets.
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Details
- Title: Dancing Nymph
- Creator: Arthur F. Kales
- Date Created: about 1917
- Physical Dimensions: 27.1 × 20.4 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Platinum print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 86.XM.748.11
- Culture: American
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Michael Wilson
- Creator Display Name: Arthur F. Kales (American, 1882 - 1936)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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