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Untitled (Potted Plants on a Windowsill)

1909
(American, 1886–1981)
Culture
America
Measurements
Image: 11.5 x 9.4 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.); Paper: 11.5 x 9.4 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.); Mounted: 12.6 x 10.6 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
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Pictorialism was the first international movement to insist that photographs could be works of fine art.

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The intimate scale of this vintage platinum print—4 ½ x 3 ¾ inches—is the result of the artist’s choice of camera and printing process. Platinum prints were prized by the Pictorialist photographers at the beginning of the twentieth century for their delicate tonalities and the control they afforded the artist. These prints are made in direct contact with, and thus are the same size as, the negative.
A vertically oriented platinum print in soft shades of gray looks toward three potted plants resting on a windowsill. On our left, a tall, spindly plant reaches toward the top of a multi-paned window. In the center sits a shorter, leafy plant, while another with long, pointed leaves fans out on our right. Bright light floods the scene, blurring the background into a grainy, luminous texture.

Untitled (Potted Plants on a Windowsill)

1909

Karl F. Struss

(American, 1886–1981)
America

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