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accession number:	2011.379
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.379
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:29.191000

California, 1920s. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Gelatin silver print; paper: 11.5 x 8.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); matted: 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas 2011.379

title:				California
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creation date:			1920s
creation date earliest:		1920
creation date latest:		1929
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. Stephen Nicholas
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver 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: Paper: 11.5 x 8.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in.)
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	inscription:	Titled and Estate stamp verso
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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Stephen Nicholas
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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