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[Woman and children reading] / Gertrude Käsebier. – Vintage Print

[Woman and children reading] / Gertrude Käsebier., [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
[Woman and children reading] / Gertrude Käsebier., [ca. 1900]. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Woman and children reading] / Gertrude Käsebier.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Woman and children reading] / Gertrude Käsebier.

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What sets this print apart is its gum bichromate process, a hand-worked method in which pigment is brushed onto paper and shaped by the printer's own touch. Gertrude Käsebier, a Photo-Secession member and one of the best-known American pictorialists of the early 1900s, used the technique to turn domestic scenes of mothers and children into soft, painterly images. Her work often moved away from the sharp detail of commercial portraiture toward gentle tones and quiet composition. The print is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and dates to about 1900.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print : gum bichromate ; 12 3/4 x 10 in., image 32.5 x 25.3 cm.
GenreGum bichromate prints 1900-1910.
NotesSigned on print, lower left. Source unknown.
SubjectsChildren--1900-1910. Women--1900-1910. Reading--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,161 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218501

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