Man Jumping
1929
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 8.1 x 5.6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.) support: 8.4 x 6 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2004.63.2
Art Historical Context
**Man Jumping** (1929) by Hungarian photographer Imre Kinszki a fleeting moment of human motion in a compact gelatin silver print, measuring just 8.1 x 5.6 cm. This intimate scale invites close viewing, drawing visitors into the frozen arc of a figure mid-leap. Gelatin silver prints, a hallmark of early 20th-century photography offered exceptional detail and tonal range through a light-sensitive emulsion on paper, allowing Kinszki to render sharp contrasts and subtle textures with remarkable clarity. Created during the interwar avant-garde boom, the image reflects modernism's fascination with...