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Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn
Hans Kühncirca 1906

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a young child in a wide-brimmed straw hat and dark coat with white collar, standing on a rocky hillside and holding a thin stick
Artist or Maker
Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn
Germany, active Austria, 1866-1944
Title
Hans Kühn
Date Made
circa 1906
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 16 1/4 × 12 7/8 in. (41.3 × 32.7 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (50.5 × 32.7 cm) Mat: 24 × 28 in. (60.96 × 71.12 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1172
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt. See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition: the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2013.
Copyright
© Estate of Heinrich Kühn

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