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The Coffee Drinkers
1940 · Carbro print
Image (overall): 27 x 38 cm (10 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Mount: 40.7 x 50.7cm (16 x 19 15/16in.)
Frame: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Paul Outerbridge
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PhotographyPhotography
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13
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25
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39
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1
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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Still Life
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
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Reinstallation of the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980
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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
About
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Paul Outerbridge was an American photographer and printmaker known for precisely composed still lifes and commercial photography that elevated product imagery to fine art. Working primarily in platinum print, carbro color, and photogravure from the 1920s through 1950s, he developed a distinctive approach to studio lighting and geometric composition that influenced modernist photography on both sides of the Atlantic. His work ranged from fashion and advertising commissions to orchestrated arrangements of everyday objects, each rendered with exacting technical control and a cool, formalist sensibility.
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