Design Rooftops
Artist
Bernard S. Horne
(American, 1867 - 1933)
Date1923
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 × 10 1/4 inches (33.02 × 26.04 cm)
Mount (1): 13 13/16 × 11 inches (35.08 × 27.94 cm)
Mount (2): 17 15/16 × 14 1/4 inches (45.56 × 36.2 cm)
Mount (1): 13 13/16 × 11 inches (35.08 × 27.94 cm)
Mount (2): 17 15/16 × 14 1/4 inches (45.56 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.61.16
SignedSigned on mount 1 recto, lower left, in pencil: “Bernard S. Horne.”
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF44601-111”;
On mount 2 verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “110 [circled]”;
On mount 2 verso, bottom, in pencil: “PF44601-111”;
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “ST.123”.
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
DescriptionImage of rooftops from above. Tiles, bricks, and diagonal rooflines intersect to create linear designs and abstract shapes.Gallery LabelThis carefully composed, soft-focus photograph of Princeton University’s campus rooftops is an example of the abstract design principles taught at the Clarence White School of Photography in New York where Bernard Horne studied. Horne photographed the rooftops from an elevated angle, emphasizing their intersecting geometric forms, making the familiar appear unfamiliar. The independently wealthy Horne was able to freely dedicate himself to photography, attending the highly influential art school from 1916–1917 and later serving as an instructor.
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Mark Klett
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