Abstract Composition (Luminogram), by Pim van Os, 1952 - 1953
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Abstract Composition (Luminogram)

Also titled Abstracte compositie (luminogram)

Pim van Os (Arnhem, 1910–1954)

1952 - 1953

Medium
cardboard, photographic support
Classification
photograph
Dimensions
height 613 mm x width 491 mm
Museum
Rijksmuseum
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Johan Huizinga Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
Rights
Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

In the course of the 20th century photographers increasingly abandoned the idea that they had to reproduce visible reality. The desire for radical and absolute abstraction led to all kinds of experiments with light and movement.