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Colts, Trakehnen Royal Stud Farm, Prussia
image recto overall
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Colts, Trakehnen Royal Stud Farm, Prussia

Portfolio TitleTrakehnen Stud Farm
Artist Ottomar Anschütz (German, 1846 - 1907)
Date1884
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 11/16 inches (19.69 × 24.61 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 19 1/4 inches (37.16 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.15
SignedOn mount recto, lower right, printed in black type: "Ottomar Anschütz, Lissa (Posen.)"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower left, printed in black type: "Nach dem Leben aufgenommen."; Printed on mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "Selbstverlag."; White label attached to mount recto, bottom center, printed in black ink: "Trakehnen, Königl. Hauptgestüt. Hengstfohlen-Matischkehmen." Translation: Printed on mount recto, lower left, in black ink: "From nature."; Printed on mount recto, bottom, in black ink: "Self published."; White label attached to mount recto, bottom center, printed in black ink: "Trakehnen, Royal Principal Stud. / Colt-Matischkehmen"
MarkingsOn image recto, lower left, in negative: "Tr. 181 / 84"
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DescriptionImage of two horses facing one another in a grassy landscape; each one bends down to touch the knee of the other with his muzzle.Gallery Label
This photograph was taken at a military horse-breeding center in Trakehnen, Prussia (present-day Yasnaya Polyana, Russia). In the early 1800s, Ottomar Anschütz gained notoriety in the scientific and photographic communities for his high-speed photography, taking successful exposures of 1/1000 of a second. Anschütz used these fast exposures to convey the distinctive beauty and dynamic energy of this horse breed.
Provenance

Otto von Bismark;
Serge Kakou, Paris, France;
Purchased from Serge Kakou by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas CIty, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

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