Interlude (1932): Art, History and Details

Interlude (1932) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Pierre Dubreuil (French, 1872–1944).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In Pierre Dubreuil's carefully planned still life, ordinary objects—a musical score, tuning fork, and eye glasses—are given an air of mystery. The photograph reveals the artist's interest in bold light and shadow patterns, strong contrasts of tone, and distorted scale and perspective, achieved through the use of a close-up viewpoint and an unusual camera angle. A pioneering modernist little known until recently, Dubreuil's preoccupation with the dream world and the human psychological condition linked him with the Surrealists of Brussels and Paris.

Object facts

• Title: Interlude
• Date: 1932
• Creator attribution: Pierre Dubreuil (French, 1872–1944)
• Culture: France, 20th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: oil print, Rawlins oil print process
• Dimensions: Image: 24.6 x 19.4 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
• Collection: PH - French 20th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 1987.217

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.

View the collection record

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