HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944) Lot n° 11

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866-1944) | 'In the wind', Tyrol, Austria c. 1913 Image Size: 29,6 x 23,2 cm English: Multiple oil transfer print on Japanese paper 35,1 x 28,2 cm, in excellent condition. LITERATURE Peter Weiermeier, Silvia Höller (ed.), Heinrich Kuehn 1866-1944. photography as art, Innsbruck 2013, p. 79. The German physician Heinrich Kuehn moved to Innsbruck for health reasons. As a photographer, he became the most important representative of Pictorialism in Austria. His photograph of two young women (among them Mary Warner) facing the wind on a sloping mountain meadow is one of his most appealing pictures. Kuehn had already published a variant entitled "Windblown" in Stieglitz's magazine Camera Work in 1911, but it is only the present version that achieves a dynamism that effectively portrays the subject. At the same time, the composition is highly well-balanced, with a precise graphic organization of the pictorial elements, where the constellation of tonal values plays a central role. Hardly a single print of this outstanding picture ever enters the market. German: Multiple oil transfer on Japanese paper 35.1 x 28.2 cm, in excellent condition. LITERATURE Peter Weiermeier, Silvia Höller (eds.), Heinrich Kühn 1866-1944. Photography as Art, Innsbruck 2013, p. 79. The German doctor Heinrich Kühn moved to Innsbruck for health reasons and as a photographer became the most important representative of Pictorialism in Austria. His photograph of two young women (probably including Mary Warner) facing the wind on a sloping mountain meadow is one of his most appealing images. Kühn had already published a variant in Stieglitz's magazine Camera Work in 1911 under the title "Windblown", but it is only the present version that achieves a dynamism that effectively portrays the subject. At the same time, the composition is extremely well-balanced, with the constellation of tonal values also playing a central role in the graphic organization of the pictorial elements. Hardly any copies of this successful work ever come onto the market.