Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and curated by Diana C. du Pont, who wrote the introductory essay.
Born in the United States, Florence Henri spent most of her life in France. Initially a student of painting, she participated in the most advanced art movements of the time--Cubism, Purism and Constructvism. In 1928, after spending a semester at the Bauhaus in Dessau, she took up the camera and quickly moved from avant-garde art to avant-garde photography. Fine .
Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; FLORENCE HENRI: Artist-Photographer of the Avant-Garde; ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH; DIANE C. DU PONT, CURATOR; EXHIBITION; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.