Untitled (Marie outdoors)1940s to mid-1950s8 x 10"Gelatin silver printGift of Lewis and Jean Greenblatt2006.22.1201548194099Eugene Von BruenchenheinPhotographs© John Michael Kohler Arts CenterMilwaukeeMilwaukeeUnited StatesWisconsinPhotographsMilwaukeeObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgEugene Von Bruenchenhein captured images of his wife, Marie, the “queen of his existence,” in thousands of photographs. Marie is presented mostly nude in a wide spectrum of pinup poses that are curiously unarousing; perhaps it is the vapid, disengaged look in her eyes as she allowed herself to be manipulated into any position that satisfied her husband’s creative (perhaps sexual) urges. Some of the most emotionally authentic photographs are those that present Marie in natural poses, devoid of staged artificiality.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Untitled (Marie outdoors)," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.19401957 2006 22 12 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgEugene Von Bruenchenhein captured images of his wife, Marie, the “queen of his existence,” in thousands of photographs. Marie is presented mostly nude in a wide spectrum of pinup poses that are curiously unarousing; perhaps it is the vapid, disengaged look in her eyes as she allowed herself to be manipulated into any position that satisfied her husband’s creative (perhaps sexual) urges. Some of the most emotionally authentic photographs are those that present Marie in natural poses, devoid of staged artificiality.
Stacy C. Hollander, "Untitled (Marie outdoors)," exhibition label for Jubilation|Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2012.