THAYAHT (ERNESTO MICHAHELLES) (1893-1959)

Cubismo Applicato

Details
THAYAHT (ERNESTO MICHAHELLES) (1893-1959)
Cubismo Applicato
Gelatin silver print. 1930. Credit stamp and title in pencil on the verso.
9 x 7in. (23.5 x 18.2cm.)
Provenance
Giovanni Lista;
Sotheby's New York, Italian Futurist Photographs, November 9, 1982, lot 68;
To the present owner.
Exhibited
Concorso Fotografico Nazionale, Rome, November 9-30, 1930;
Mostra Sperimentale di Fotografia Futurista, Turin, March 15 - April 6, 1931;
Muse d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981.

Lot Essay

A native of Florence, Thayaht became actively involved in the Futurist movement after studying the works of Henri Bergson, a philosopher studied by many of his Futurists colleagues. By 1930 he had changed his name and later became best known for using mirrors for effect in his photographs.