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Industrial Los Angeles

Karl Struss (1886-1981)

Object Details

  • Date

    1920s, printed Feb. 1926

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Rotogravure

  • Dimensions

    Image: 7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.
    Mount: 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, Recto:

    l.r. signed in graphite [below image]: Karl Struss

    l.l. in graphite: 9.

    l.r. in graphite: 16 [circled]

    Mount, Verso:

    u.c. printed on paper label: ROTOGRAVURE \ SECTION TOURING TOPICS FEBRUARY \ 1926

    u.c. printed on paper label: INDUSTRIAL LOS ANGELES \ Even such prosaic things as railroad freight yards have their artistic appeal, for art, after all is \ but the depiction of life, and the life of a city centers around its transportation. In this photo- \ graph Karl Struss presents the ever-changing panorama of Los Angeles' busy terminal.

    l.c. in graphite: #2

    Mat Backing, Recto:

    l.c. in graphite: Karl Struss \ Touring Topics, La Freight Yards

  • Collection Name

    Karl Struss Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1983.23.228

  • Copyright

    © 1983 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Additional details

Location: Off view
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