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accession number:	1992.328
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Harbor Traffic, San Pedro, 1929. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Gelatin silver print, silver bromide; image: 32.9 x 26 cm (12 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.); paper: 34.4 x 27.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.); matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.328 © Karl Struss

title:				Harbor Traffic, San Pedro
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creation date:			1929
creation date earliest:		1929
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			© Karl Struss

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print, silver bromide
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: 32.9 x 26 cm (12 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.); Paper: 34.4 x 27.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "Karl Struss [signed]"; in pencil on verso: "#3"; "10"; "Harbor Traffic. / San Pedro / not to be reproduced"

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Selected Acquisitions
	opening date:   1993-02-09T05:00:00
	<i>Selected Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, January 28 - March 15, 1992: "Selected Acquisitions," CMA Bulletin, 80 (February 1993), p. 69, no. 127.

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PROVENANCE

	Craig Rhea (the artist's grandson)
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	Craig Rhea (the artist's grandson)
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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. 347
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