Curtis Moffat (1887-1949) created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lifes, and glamorous society portraits. In the early 1920s, he collaborated with photographer Man Ray in Paris, making portraits and abstract 'photograms', or 'Rayographs'.
Curtis Moffat
Curtis Moffat was born in 1887 into a wealthy New York family. He was raised in Brittany and attended boarding school in the United States.
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Curtis Moffat: Experimental photography and design, 1923–1935
Curtis Moffat created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still-lives and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early 20th century.
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Curtis Moffat's scrapbook
Curtis Moffat created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lifes, and glamorous society portraits. He meticulously kept cuttings from papers and magazines …
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Curtis Moffat collection highlights
Curtis Moffat (1887-1949) created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lifes, and glamorous society portraits. Some of the highlights of his work are shown…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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