id:			170100
accession number:	2012.316
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.316
updated:		2024-08-08 15:18:09.630000

Nude Walking Like an Egyptian, 1917. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Gelatin silver print; image: 21.8 x 13.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 49.2 x 35.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 13/16 in.); paper: 21.8 x 13.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2012.316

title:				Nude Walking Like an Egyptian
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creation date:			1917
creation date earliest:		1917
creation date latest:		1917
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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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: Image: 21.8 x 13.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 49.2 x 35.1 cm (19 3/8 x 13 13/16 in.); Paper: 21.8 x 13.9 cm (8 9/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted (or drawn) into image on lower right corner of recto: "©"
Written in pencil on mount: "45"
Stamped in black ink on verso: "From the Estate/of Karl Struss" "KS" (embellished ink stamp)
Stamped in black ink on verso: "Original Photography by Karl Struss/FROM "THE FEMALE FIGURE"/First series 19 Plate No. 45/Published & Copyrighted by F. Kotausek/New York City 1945 (written in black marker)"
Written in pencil on verso of mount: "#45"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt
	opening date:   2016-02-06T00:00:00
	<i>Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).

	title:		Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession
	opening date:   2023-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Unknown
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	George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY
	date: ?-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 3, 2012
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