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Codreanu sisters and Eileen Lane at Brancusi’s atelier, 1922

Constantin Brancusi :: Irina Codreanu, Eileen Lane et Lizica Codreanu avec des fruits dans l'atelier, automne 1922 | src Centre Pompidou
Constantin Brancusi :: Irina Codreanu, Eileen Lane et Lizica Codreanu avec des fruits dans l’atelier, automne 1922 | src Centre Pompidou
Constantin Brancusi :: Irina Codreanu, Eileen Lane et Lizica Codreanu avec des fleurs dans l'atelier, automne 1922 | src Centre Pompidou
Constantin Brancusi :: Irina Codreanu, Eileen Lane et Lizica Codreanu avec des fleurs dans l’atelier, automne 1922 | src Centre Pompidou

Jacobi’s ‘photogenics’

Lotte Jacobi (1896 – 1990) ~ Birdform, 1946-1955 (printed 1981). Platinum print. | src Akron Art Museum
Lotte Jacobi (1896 – 1990) ~ Bird in Flight – Homage to Brancusi, 1946-1955 (printed 1981). Platinum print. | src Akron Art Museum

Though best known for her portraits of famous people, Jacobi also experimented with abstraction in her “photogenics.” She described making these photograms (photographs made without a camera) as drawing on photo-sensitized paper by moving the light source. While photography is most often used to document the external world, Jacobi’s abstractions are a vehicle for imagination.

Lotte Jacobi (1896 – 1990) ~ Untitled photogram, 1946-1955 (printed 1981). Platinum print. | src Akron Art Museum
Lotte Jacobi (1896 – 1990) ~ Untitled photogram, 1946-1955 (printed 1981). Platinum print. | src Akron Art Museum