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Heinrich Kuehn — Miss Mary bei der Morgentoilette (Richard Wagnerstrasse Innsbruck)
Heinrich Kuehn

Miss Mary bei der Morgentoilette (Richard Wagnerstrasse Innsbruck)

A intimate domestic scene captured by Austrian Pictorialist master Heinrich Kuehn, this work depicts Miss Mary engaged in her morning grooming ritual, rendered with the soft, painterly qualities characteristic of Kuehn's celebrated photographic style. The setting at Richard Wagnerstrasse in Innsbruck grounds the image in a specific personal and geographical context, lending it an autobiographical warmth. Kuehn's careful attention to light and atmosphere transforms an everyday moment into a study of quiet elegance and domestic grace.

Medium
Signed in ink on the recto; signed and annotated in pencil on the verso.

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April 1, 2014

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Heinrich Kuehn, Miss Mary bei der Morgentoilette (Richard Wagnerstrasse Innsbruck)

A intimate domestic scene captured by Austrian Pictorialist master Heinrich Kuehn, this work depicts Miss Mary engaged in her morning grooming ritual, rendered with the soft, painterly qualities characteristic of Kuehn's celebrated photographic style. The setting at Richard Wagnerstrasse in Innsbruck grounds the image in a specific personal and geographical context, lending it an autobiographical warmth. Kuehn's careful attention to light and atmosphere transforms an everyday moment into a study of quiet elegance and domestic grace.

Medium
Signed in ink on the recto; signed and annotated in pencil on the verso.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Intimate, Austrian, Photograph, Domestic, Daily Life, Portrait, Modern, Woman, Black and White, Contemporary

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