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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

Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn, Hans Kühn, circa 1906, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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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