id: 153599 accession number: 1987.132 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.132 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:00.558000 Bermuda--Hamilton Harbor by Moonlight, c. 1912–1914. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Platinum print; image: 10.9 x 8.9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.); matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.132 title: Bermuda--Hamilton Harbor by Moonlight title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1912–1914 creation date earliest: 1912 creation date latest: 1912 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: platinum print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981) - artist Karl F. Struss American, 1886-1981 Born and raised in New York City, Karl Fischer Struss was an important early pictorialist and a cofounder of the Pictorial Photographers of America. He was also a member of the Photo-Secession, publishing his works in Camera Work (April 1912), and a photographer for publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Harper's Bazaar. A student of Clarence H. White, Struss was influenced by both White and Alvin Langdon Coburn. He developed his own style, however, an elegant synthesis of random qualities with formal composition. Struss experimented with various technical processes. He developed multiple platinum printing to enhance the depth of shadows and in 1909 designed the Struss Pictorial lens, which entered commercial production in 1915. Shortly after the First World War, Struss moved to Hollywood, where he became a successful cinematographer. He worked first for Cecil B. De Mille and later freelanced for both independent and major studios until his retirement in 1970. Among his film credits are Ben Hur (1926), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), and the Chaplin classics The Great Dictator (1940) and Limelight (1952). In 1928 Struss received an Academy Award for his work on De Mille's film Sunrise. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 10.9 x 8.9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/2 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Hamilton,/Twilite/Karl Struss/1912"; erased: "5-146---"; "$350.00" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1987 opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). title: Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2007-06-24T00:00:00 Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007). title: Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America opening date: 2015-09-05T00:00:00 Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 5, 2015-January 17, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Craig Rhea (artist's grandson) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1987." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (1988): 30-71. page number: p. 67, no. 88 url: www.jstor.org/stable/25160017 Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 347 url: --- IMAGES