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ND
Nude Dressing
1953 · Gelatin silver print
11 1/2 × 7 1/2" (29.9 × 19.0 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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René Groebli
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PhotographyPhotography
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1
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5
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The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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The Family of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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René Groebli is a Swiss photographer known for his experimental approach to light and form in the immediate postwar period. Working primarily in black and white, he developed a distinctive visual language that combined documentary observation with abstract geometric composition, often exploring the interplay of shadow and architectural space. His work emerged from the Swiss modernist photography movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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