Portrait of Walter Kühn
Artist
Heinrich Kühn
(Austrian, born Germany, 1866 - 1944)
Date1912
MediumGum bichromate over platinum print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/16 × 8 15/16 inches (28.73 × 22.68 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 12 13/16 inches (42.85 × 32.59 cm)
Mat: 22 × 18 inches (55.88 × 45.72 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 12 13/16 inches (42.85 × 32.59 cm)
Mat: 22 × 18 inches (55.88 × 45.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.121
SignedSigned and dated on sheet recto, bottom, in pencil: "26. Juli 1912 Heinrich Kuhn"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "ICP.1981.1619"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionPortrait of young man with glasses wearing jacket and standing in front of a paneled door with his hands on his hip. Strands of hair fall across his forehead as he looks down.ProvenancePurchased at 19th & 20th Century Photographs, Christie's East, New York, NY, November 6, 1984, lot 5 by Emily and Jerry Spiegel, Kings Point, NY, 1984;
Purchased at their posthumous sale Visionaires: Photographs from the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Collection, Christie's, New York, October 10, 2017, lot 8 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Purchased at their posthumous sale Visionaires: Photographs from the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Collection, Christie's, New York, October 10, 2017, lot 8 by The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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