Artist
Scherer & Nabholz(Swiss, active 1820–1928, active Moscow 1860–1911)Swiss, active 1820–1928, active Moscow 1860–1911
CultureSwiss
Titles
- [Tree in Snow]
Datelikely 1864
MediumSalted paper print from glass negative, varnished
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (35 × 26.3 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 11 in. (26.3 × 27.9 cm)
Mount: 23 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (59.4 × 45 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 11 in. (26.3 × 27.9 cm)
Mount: 23 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (59.4 × 45 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors
Object number2019.311
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
The firm Scherer & Nabholz set up shop in Moscow by the late 1850s and remained the principal purveyor of Russian topographic views throughout the 19th century. Trees were a common subject in 19th-century photography: they were graphically powerful, did not move during exposure, and revealed aspects of the natural world. More important, because such photographs served no practical purpose in the way that portraits or architectural views did, they were clear declarations of the intent to make art rather than documents.
Provenance[Unidentified auction, Paris, 2014]; [Robert Hershkowitz Limited, Sussex, England]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Blind stamp, mount recto, bottom center: PHOTOGRAPHISCHE / ANSTALT / SCHERER & NABHOLZ / VORMALS A. BERGNER / MOSKAU
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top left corner: 7864/3 // (10)
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top center: Vue d’un arbre prise à [Counsova?] près Moscou
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top right corner: Roc [circled]
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top left corner: 7864/3 // (10)
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top center: Vue d’un arbre prise à [Counsova?] près Moscou
Inscribed in pencil, mount verso, top right corner: Roc [circled]
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