Sorrento

c. 1910

Karl Struss

Associated Names
Karl Struss

Artist, American, 1886 - 1981

The image shows five individuals standing on a balcony looking out at the view. Two men are present, one leaning forward and holding his hat, while the other stands to the right wearing a dark suit and holding a straw boater hat. The women wear long dresses and wide-brimmed hats, one with floral embellishments. They stand side by side, with their backs slightly turned towards the camera. The floor has a geometric pattern, and the background shows cliffs, water, and an overcast sky. Potted plants are also visible on the balcony.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    cyanotype

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Diana and Mallory Walker

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 7.1 × 9.5 cm (2 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
    mount (1): 7.7 × 10.1 cm (3 1/16 × 4 in.)
    mount (2): 8.4 × 10.8 cm (3 5/16 × 4 1/4 in.)
    mount (3): 11.4 × 11.9 cm (4 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.7.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen White Gallery, Los Angeles, CA); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York), 1990; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, bottom center in black ink: Sorrento; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: LK 2,12; bottom right in graphite: reproduced in Photo-Era, Nov 1914 / p.223 as "Balcony, Sorrento"

Wikidata ID

Q64156161

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