Who created "The Plunge into the Deep"?

The Plunge into the Deep was created by Marta Hoepffner in 1935.

What medium is "The Plunge into the Deep"?

The Plunge into the Deep is gelatin silver print collage.

The Plunge into the Deep

Marta Hoepffner

1935

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Medium

gelatin silver print collage

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 17.9 x 12.8 cm (7 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Classification

Photograph

Department

CPH

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

The Marvin Breckinridge Patterson Fund for Photography

Accession Number

1999.95.1

Art Historical Context

**The Plunge into the Deep *Artist: Marta Hoepff (1935)* *Gelatin silver print collage, 17.9 × 12.8 cm* *National Gallery of Art CPH Department* Step into the inventive world of 1930s photography with Marta Hoepffner's * Plunge into the Deep a compact gelatin silver print collage that captures the era's experimental fervor. Created in 1935, this trimmed sheet invites viewers into a realm of layered imagery, photographic fragments are meticulously cut, rearranged, and rephotographed to form a cohesive yet dreamlike whole. The gelatin silver process, prized for its sharp detail and lumi...

The Plunge into the Deep

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