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![Adolf de Meyer (American [born France], 1868–1946). Josephine Baker (detail), 1925–26. Gum bichromate over platinum print, 45.2 x 29.5 cm (17 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.16)](//img.artrabbit.com/events/quicksilver-brilliance-adolf-de-meyer-photographs/images/hXZKHLND9gXR/431x460/DetailPage.jpg)
Adolf de Meyer (American [born France], 1868–1946). Josephine Baker (detail), 1925–26. Gum bichromate over platinum print, 45.2 x 29.5 cm (17 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.16)
![Adolf de Meyer (American [born France], 1868–1946). Josephine Baker (detail), 1925–26. Gum bichromate over platinum print, 45.2 x 29.5 cm (17 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 (1987.1100.16)](http://img.artrabbit.com/events/quicksilver-brilliance-adolf-de-meyer-photographs/images/JPVQzXtbPNYY/1200x1280/DetailPage.jpg)
Exhibition
Quicksilver Brilliance: Adolf de Meyer Photographs
4 Dec 2017 – 18 Mar 2018
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Address
- 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
- New York
New York - NY 10028
- United States
Quicksilver Brilliance will be the first museum exhibition devoted to the artist in more than 20 years and the first ever at The Met. Some 40 works, drawn entirely from The Met collection, will demonstrate the impressive breadth of his career.
About
A member of the "international set" in fin-de-siècle Europe, Baron Adolf de Meyer (1868–1946) was also a pioneering photographer, known for creating works that transformed reality into a beautiful fantasy.
The exhibition will include dazzling portraits of well-known figures of his time: the American socialite Rita de Acosta Lydig; art patron and designer Count Étienne de Beaumont; aristocrat and society hostess Lady Ottoline Morrell; and celebrated entertainer Josephine Baker, among others. A highlight of the presentation will be an exceptional book—one of only seven known copies—documenting Nijinsky's scandalous 1912 ballet L'Après-midi d'un faune. This rare album represents de Meyer's great success in capturing the movement and choreography of dance, a breakthrough in the history of photography. Also on view will be the artist's early snapshots made in Japan, experiments with color processes, and inventive fashion photographs.
