The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Verso of print
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in millimeters)
  • Photomicrograph showing glossy print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)

Heinrich Kühn (Austrian, born Germany, 1866–1944)

Portrait of Young Boy with Arm Across Back of Chair (Hans Kühn), c. 1906

Platinum print; 28.4 x 38.6 cm (image); 29.3 x 39.1 cm (paper)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.868

 

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