[Abstract Composition]

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[Abstract Composition]

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German Photographer · 1905–1971

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Hilde Hubbuch attended photography lectures at the Bauhaus, worked for a press bureau, and made photographs before emigrating to New York between 1933 and 1934. There she supported herself as a photographer specializing in family and children's portraits. Beginning in the late 1930s, she ran a yearly Christmas advertisement in *New Yorker* magazine, which assured her continued business.

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Date: about 1932
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Hilde Hubbuch attended lectures at the Bauhaus in the summer of 1932. This abstract composition shows an affinity with the teachings there in its appreciation of the integrity of raw materials and its admiration for materials that are mass-produced, functional, and aesthetically pleasing.

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