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Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn
Still Lifecirca 1905, printed circa 1905

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a still life, wide dish piled with round fruits on a draped surface, glass decanter and tumbler blurred in the distance, soft diffused lighting

Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn, Still Life, circa 1905, printed circa 1905, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn
Title
Still Life
Date Made
circa 1905, printed circa 1905
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/16 × 11 9/16 in. (20.8 × 29.37 cm) Primary support: 8 9/16 × 11 7/8 in. (21.75 × 30.16 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 1/16 in. (40.64 × 50.96 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1177
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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