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Karl Struss
The Cliffs, Sorrento

1912

$1,550
£1,160.09
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CA$2,154.25
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This photograph titled "The Cliffs, Sorrento" created 1912 in a black and white photogravure by American photographer Karl Struss, 1886-1981. The photogravure size is 6.20 x 8.20 inches, framed size is 17.65 x 21.65. The photogravure is in excellent condition, the frame is in good condition, it has 2 scratches and will be replaced by a similar black frame when sold, this will bring the over all condition to excellent. Provenance: Michaans Auction, Alameda, donated by Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. About the artist: Karl Struss was born in New York and studied photography with Clarence White. In 1910 he exhibited with members of the Photo-Secession and later had work reproduced in Camera Work. He took over White's studio from 1914 to 1917 where he made portraits as well as advertising and magazine illustrations. During these same years he continued to exhibit in pictorial salons and invented the Struss Pictorial Lens, a soft-focus lens popular with artist-photographers of the period. In 1919 Struss moved to Hollywood where he worked as a still photographer for Cecil B. DeMille, advancing to film cameraman after only three months. Unlike most other cameramen and still photographers working in Hollywood at the time, Struss himself was trained as an artist-photographer. With his aesthetic orientation and technical ability, Struss produced some of the first highly stylized portraits and production stills in Hollywood. He won the first Academy Award for cinematography in 1929 for his work on "Sunrise" and went on the photograph well over one hundred films. 2014 Karl Struss: Pictorialist Photographer, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USA (solo) 2012 American Photography: Focus New York, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2008 Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, USA 2004 The Nudes of Karl Stuss, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 1995 New York to Hollywood: The Photography of Karl Struss, Equitable Gallery, New York, USA (solo) 1977 Stephen White Gallery of Photography, Los Angeles, USA (solo) 1976 Karl Struss: Man with a Camera, International Center of Photography, New York, USA (solo) 1910 The work of Karl Struss is held in numerous collections and museums including, The Getty Museum, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum Of Modern Art, San Francisco.
  • Creator:
    Karl Struss (1886 - 1981, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1912
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.65 in (44.84 cm)Width: 21.65 in (55 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    San Francisco, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: str/cli/sor/011stDibs: LU66639680542

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