Wynter Gallery presents “Figure and Form: Vintage Nude Photography from the 1920s-1950s,” a new photography retrospective, on view from October 2 to December 20. An opening reception is on Friday, October 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gallery located at 4 South Union Street in Lambertville.

Authentically vintage and sophisticatedly provocative, “Figure and Form” is the collection of Art Deco and pin-up era photography even time could not conceal — although it did try.

Nearly a century after its creation, stumbled upon by chance buried deep inside the walls of an old New York City Bleecker Street building, “Figure and Form” is an intentional collection of nude black-and-white photography hailing from the 1920s–1950s. Pristine and crisp in their imagery; tasteful, erotic, and highly stylized in composition, these treasures are like a rare time capsule that Wynter Gallery is excited to have opened up and now share with viewers.

Women unshackled by classic oppression. The roaring ’20s. Industrial innovation. Sensuality, and playful stages of undress. To view this collection is to witness confidence, elegance, and time-period blend in with form, light, and emotion to create easy scenes of lasting beauty.

This three-part exhibition is organized into three distinct viewing dates: “Pictorialism In The Buff” opening on October 2, “Narratives And The Nude in the Pin-Up Era” opening November 13, and then an invite-only salon of the more risqué on December 5.

Wynter Gallery invites viewers to peer into these snapshots and discover a hidden generation ready to usher in the new age, and is thrilled to finally reveal the women that time has stolen the names of, but who live on today in the preservation of photography, nearly 100 years later.

For more information, visit wyntergallery.com.