Still-Life with Fruit and Bowl
Artist
Heinrich Kühn
CultureGerman
Dateca. 1910
MediumOil transfer or gum print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in. (22.2 × 29.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 × 16 15/16 in. (33 × 43 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 23 15/16 in. (50.8 × 60.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 13 × 16 15/16 in. (33 × 43 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 23 15/16 in. (50.8 × 60.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2004.5
On View
Not on viewLabel TextHeinrich Kühn Austrian (b. Germany, 1866-1944) Still-Life with Fruit and Bowl, ca. 1910 Oil transfer or gum print Museum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2004.5 In the early 1900s, Kühn was among the most important and influential photographers working in the Pictorialist Movement. Kühn, Hugo Henneberg, and Hans Watzek were known as the Trifolium and were the leaders of the Pictorial Movement in Austria. Likewise, all three were published in Camera Work, Alfred Stieglitz's quarterly journal of photography and the arts. Although Camera Work is renowned for the high quality of its gravures, even they cannot accurately convey the sumptuousness of Kühn's photographs as he was a master of various printing techniques such as gum bichromate, oil-transfer, and platinum. The richness of these processes demands that the actual photographic object be viewed for the work to be completely appreciated. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 2006 Approved By: DS Approval Date: 01/31/2007ProvenanceDescendant of the photographer, Charles Isaacs, Malvern, Pa.; on temporary loan to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2003.
