id: 325467 accession number: 2019.29 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.29 updated: 2024-03-26 02:02:06.050000 New York Street Scene, 1911. Karl F. Struss (American, 1886–1981). Platinum print; image: 8.7 x 11 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); paper: 8.7 x 11 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); primary mount: 9.2 x 11.6 cm (3 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.); secondary mount: 10.5 x 12.7 cm (4 1/8 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Diann G. Mann and Thomas A. Mann 2019.29 title: New York Street Scene title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1911 creation date earliest: 1911 creation date latest: 1911 current location: creditline: Gift of Diann G. Mann and Thomas A. Mann copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: platinum print 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: Image: 8.7 x 11 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Paper: 8.7 x 11 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Primary mount: 9.2 x 11.6 cm (3 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.); Secondary mount: 10.5 x 12.7 cm (4 1/8 x 5 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on recto of secondary mount in lower left: “1911” translation: remark: inscription: Stamped in black ink on verso of secondary mount: “KARL STRUSS/ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER/HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA” translation: remark: inscription: Written in pencil on verso of secondary mount: “SW/83” translation: remark: inscription: Written in pencil on verso of secondary mount: “8” translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Thomas A. and Diann G. Mann, Palm Beach Gardens, FL date: footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. An American Journey: The Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Collection of Photographic Masterworks. 2018. page number: url: --- IMAGES