Artist
Karen KnorrAmerican, born 1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Invention of Tradition
- from the series Connoisseurs
Date1986
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 35 1/16 × 36 in. (89 × 91.5 cm)
Sheet: 35 1/16 × 36 in. (89 × 91.5 cm)
Sheet: 35 1/16 × 36 in. (89 × 91.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Clinton T. Willour in honor of Kerry F. Inman and Jeanne Klein, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1467
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Knorr’s The Invention of Tradition
depicts the diverse art collection of the 19th-century English architect Sir
John Soane, whose home has remained untouched since his death. Knorr’s
photograph reveals the crowded space given over to one man’s passion for art.
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Contemporary Photos from the Manfred Heiting Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 17–August 10, 2003.
"Contemporary Photography from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 15, 2003–January 4, 2004.
"40 Years of Discovery: Gifts of Clint Willour," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 9–October 14, 2018.
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Karen Knorr
1979–1981, printed 2015
Gelatin silver print
2015.402
Karen Truax
c. 1979
Gelatin silver print
91.1595.19
