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Gertrude Käsebier — The Manger
Gertrude Käsebier

The Manger

1899

Rendered in luminous platinum, this nativity scene showcases Käsebier's ability to infuse religious iconography with the soft-focus aesthetic of American Pictorialism.

Medium
Platinum print

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Gertrude Käsebier, The Manger, 1899

Rendered in luminous platinum, this nativity scene showcases Käsebier's ability to infuse religious iconography with the soft-focus aesthetic of American Pictorialism.

Medium
Platinum print
Year
1899
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Figures, American, Photograph, Maternal, 1890s, Portrait, Narrative, Platinum Print, Pictorialism

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art