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Artist:
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Alexander Leventon
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Title:
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Serenity II
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Date:
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1931
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Medium:
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Gelatin silver print
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Dimensions:
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10 3/4 x 9 in. (27.31 x 22.86 cm) (image)
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) (mount)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Joseph Bellows
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Location:
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Gallery 280
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Alexander Leventon, who operated a portrait studio in Rochester, New York, employs pictorial effects in combination with portraiture in Serenity II. The use of soft lighting and a pose looking heavenward creates an "aura" of holiness around this nun in habit, though the result also evokes an early Hollywood glamour along with this spirituality.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Leventon, Alexander
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Role:
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Photographer
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Life Dates:
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American, born Russia, 1895-1950
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Photographs
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Physical Description:
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vintage print
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Creation Place:
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North America, United States, , ,
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Accession #:
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93.92.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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