HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)

Hands, 1915

Details

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)
Hands, 1915
bromoil transfer print on tissue
signed and dated in pencil (margin)
image: 11 x 13 1/2 in. (27.9 x 34.2 cm.)
sheet: 13 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (35.2 x 36.8 cm.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, April 8, 1993, lot 71;
acquired from the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

Monika Faber and Astrid Mahler (eds.), Heinrich Kuhn: The Perfect Photograph, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2010, p. 171 (variant).

Lot Essay

With just the simplest of means, one can suppress disturbing details, in favor of the kind of psychological expression that can only be forcefully and persuasively reproduced through generous delineation, through a presentation that erases every unnecessary detail. – Heinrich Kühn

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