| Arnold Genthe Life-mask 1936 Silver print 23.5 x 17.4 cm The Romantic Agony Book & Print Auctions Auction 19 June 2015, Lot: 189 LL/60229 Genthe’s autobiography As I Remember, published in 1936 was reprinted at least twice. Defining “the concept of “Photographic Mask”, Genthe sought to go beyond the “surface record” or “commonplace record of clothes and a photographic mask”, in an attempt to capture with the camera more of a human being’s essence.
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