Pin design

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Title

Pin design

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This black and white photograph by Steve Rumsey was made in 1951. It is a close-up image of metal pins, which Rumsey has arranged in a pattern against a plain background and then photographed. The title Pin design reflects Rumsey's interest in modern art, and his desire to create photographic images of ideas through abstract compositions. In this sense, 'Pin design' relates closely to other photographs by Rumsey also in Te Papa's collection: for example, 'Infinity' (1949) and 'Test strip desi...

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Format

Image

Date created

1951

Creator

Steve Rumsey

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/575528

Related subjects

Pins & needles / photographic gelatin / silver / photographic paper / black-and-white prints / gelatin silver prints / black-and-white photographs / works of art / black-and-white photography / machine aesthetic / Modernist / Auckland

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