Heinrich Kühn
Morgentoilette (Mary Warner)

ArtistAustrian, 1866–1944
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Morgentoilette (Mary Warner)
  • Morning Toilette (Mary Warner)
Date1907
MediumGum bichromate print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (29.9 x 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (34.9 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.550
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

At the turn of the 20th century, European and American fine-art
photographers embraced processes and aesthetic approaches imitative of drawing
and painting as a means of distinguishing themselves from run-of-the-mill commercial
studios and the legions of Sunday snapshooters with their newfangled Kodaks. Here,
Heinrich Kühn depicted his children’s governess engaged in her intimate morning
rituals in a technique that shares the appearance of a softly rendered red-chalk
drawing.




ProvenanceEx-collection Lotte Schönitzer-Kuehn; Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Galerie Rudolf Kicken GmbH on 12/1/1977.
Exhibition History"Heinrich Kuhn: The Perfect Photograph," Albertina, Vienna, June 11–September 12, 2010; Musee National de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 19, 2010–January 23, 2011; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–May 30, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso, in pencil: vertical and horizontal lines marking center of sheet
Lower left corner: "MHC1383"; lower right corner: "Mary 1907 hh / SL 46" [46 is in a semi-circle]; center of sheet: "2o, Kuebb 7o / 12/M 07"; upper right corner: "neg 79" [underlined]
There is no evident signature.

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