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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