
Rue du Viaduc (near Gare Montparnasse)
Marcel BovisWW-1933-M082858
Catalogue
- Year
- 1933
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 8 7/8 × 6 5/8" (22.5 × 16.8 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Marcel Bovis
Artist

Marcel Bovis
Marcel Bovis was a French photographer active from the 1930s through the postwar period, known for his lyrical black-and-white compositions of urban landscapes and architectural fragments. Working primarily in gelatin silver print, he developed a distinctly poetic approach to documentary photography that emphasized light, shadow, and the geometric relationships within industrial and vernacular structures. His work bridges the aesthetic concerns of humanist photography and the formal investigations of the European avant-garde.
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- Marcel Bovis
- Year
- 1933
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- 8 7/8 × 6 5/8" (22.5 × 16.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1933-M082858
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
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- verified