id:			171683
accession number:	2014.445
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.445
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:41.332000

Apartments and Street, Along Lake, 1909. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Platinum print; image: 9.3 x 11.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.); paper: 9.5 x 11.8 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.); mounted, primary: 10.6 x 13 cm (4 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.); mounted, secondary: 10.9 x 13.2 cm (4 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.); image with black margin: 9.5 x 11.8 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jon and Nicky Ungar 2014.445

title:				Apartments and Street, Along Lake
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creation date:			1909
creation date earliest:		1909
creation date latest:		1909
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creditline:			Gift of Jon and Nicky Ungar
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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* 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: 9.3 x 11.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Paper: 9.5 x 11.8 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.); Mounted, primary: 10.6 x 13 cm (4 3/16 x 5 1/8 in.); Mounted, secondary: 10.9 x 13.2 cm (4 5/16 x 5 3/16 in.); Image with black margin: 9.5 x 11.8 cm (3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist stamp on verso of image: "From the Estate/of Karl Struss/KS"
Written in pencil on primary mount: "1909"
Stamped in black ink on verso of secondary mount: "Richard Carlton RHEA/Collection/Los Angeles CA"
Written in pencil on verso: "Apartments and Street/Along Lane"
Written in pencil on verso: "RCR-2 (erased)"
Written in pencil on verso: "GVS.27.87"

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