Artist
Anton Bruehl (American, born Australia, 1900–1982)American, born Australia, 1900–1982
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Gas Tank
Date1926
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 17 1/8 × 14 3/16 in. (43.5 × 36 cm)
Mount: 23 5/8 × 19 7/8 in. (60 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 13/16 × 16 in. (47.8 × 40.6 cm)
Mount: 23 5/8 × 19 7/8 in. (60 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 18 13/16 × 16 in. (47.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2824
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Anton Bruehl, like many other photographers between the two world wars, found industrial architecture to be a subject in perfect harmony with an emerging modernist aesthetic. Such structures were emblematic of the new era’s bold functionalism, devoid of classical echoes, and easily yielded a dynamic abstraction when translated into two dimensions, further emphasized in this example by Bruehl’s “worm’s eye” view.
ProvenanceEstate of the artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, February 18, 1994; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left of mount: 33;
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left corner of image: O.K.
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right: 25[circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Anton Bruehl Gas Tank, 1924 $8000,AB287
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left: #45[circled] AKB Photo Arts 45[semi-circled]
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left corner of image: O.K.
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right: 25[circled]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Anton Bruehl Gas Tank, 1924 $8000,AB287
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper left: #45[circled] AKB Photo Arts 45[semi-circled]
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