id: 169543 accession number: 2011.368 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.368 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:29.120000 Untitled, From the Series, The Female Figure (Standing Nude With Drapery), 1917. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Gelatin silver print on Japanese tissue; paper: 24.2 x 14.6 cm (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas 2011.368 title: Untitled, From the Series, The Female Figure (Standing Nude With Drapery) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1917 creation date earliest: 1917 creation date latest: 1917 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print on Japanese tissue 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: Paper: 24.2 x 14.6 cm (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS 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 Dr. Stephen Nicholas date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES