id:			156064
accession number:	1991.312
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.312
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:12.280000

Untitled (Landscape), 1911. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Platinum print; image: 9.2 x 11.3 cm (3 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.312

title:				Untitled (Landscape)
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creation date:			1911
creation date earliest:		1911
creation date latest:		1911
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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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.
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measurements: Image: 9.2 x 11.3 cm (3 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "1911"; in pencil on verso: "5 [circled]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		American Space:  Landscape Photography 1900-1950
	opening date:   2001-01-06T00:00:00
	<i>American Space:  Landscape Photography 1900-1950</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 6-May 23, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; January 3-May 23, 2001.  "American Space:  Landscape Photography, 1900-1950."', 'opening_date': '2001-01-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Struss Estate
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 348
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