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Ironworks in Reschitza

c. 1860

Andreas Groll

(Austrian, 1812–1872)

Austria, 19th century

Albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 22.2 x 33.4 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Given in honor of Evan H. Turner by Susan Herzig and Paul Hertzmann 1992.222

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Written in brown ink on recto: "A. Groll"; printed in black ink on label: "PUDDLINGSHÜTTE IN RESCHITZA"

Andreas Groll

Andreas Groll Austro-Hungarian, active 1843-1870 Andreas Groll, considered a prominent photographer of architecture, opened a studio in Vienna in 1857. In 1865 he published an extensive catalog of his works for sale. He exhibited in Paris (1855) and Vienna (1864), and Count Aguado included him in the seventh Exposition of the Société française de photographie (1865). Groll produced industrial landscapes and ethnographic costume studies, working in Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. T.W.F.
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 190
Exhibition history

CMA, October 27, 1992 - January 3, 1993: "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's Seventy-Fifth Anniversary," CMA Bulletin, 80 (February 1993), p. 68, no. 99.

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 11/16/97 - 3/1/98. "Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection."

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1997-March 1, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1992.222