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Rudy Burckhardt. Flatiron in Summer, 1948.

Rudy Burckhardt captured in this photograph one of the most iconic and poetic visions of New York: the Flatiron Building, transformed into a beam of light and shadow that embodies the vertical energy of Manhattan. Taken in 1948, the image achieves a perfect balance between geometry, movement, and atmosphere — architecture becomes a living organism under the summer sun.

'Image Copyright Rudy Burckhardt' at the bottom. Total dimensions: 35,5 x 27,5 cm on semi-gloss paper. Fine condition. Printed later.

Born in Switzerland, Burckhardt arrived in New York in the 1930s and soon joined the city’s avant-garde circle, working alongside Joseph Cornell, Willem de Kooning, and Edwin Denby. His photography blends documentary precision with lyrical sensitivity, turning the city’s rhythm into a kind of visual music. In this aerial view, everyday motion becomes a luminous choreography suspended in time.

His work, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum, places Burckhardt among the great urban photographers of the 20th century, alongside Andreas Feininger, Berenice Abbott, Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, Margaret Bourke-White, and Edward Weston, each of whom shaped the visual mythology of the modern metropolis.

An essential piece for collectors of historical, architectural, and New York photography — a work that unites formal clarity, poetic resonance, and the timeless elegance of the city that never sleeps.

Photolithography - Not signed - Image © Rudy Burckhardt

Rudy Burckhardt - Flatiron in Summer, 1948

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Larry Clark (1943–)

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