Front view
Inv. No.S-0648
ArtistFred G. Korthborn 1902 in Germanydied 1983 in Wilmette (Ill.), USA
Title

Towering buildings look down the Michigan Avenue Bridge at the original site of Fort Dearborn

from the series "Selected Industrial Studies"
Year1930s, vintage
Medium

gelatin silver print mounted on cardboard

Dimensions41 x 34 cm
Signature

signed (pencil) on mount recto; Notice on back board: "Personal Property of Charles … (illegible)

Comment

Korth, of German origins and emigrated to America in 1926 was a popular magazine and architecture photographer in the 1930s. These images are linked by a clearly structured image composition and a high-contrast lighting, whereby the plasticity the pictured objects or the well-designed perspective is highlighted.
(Fritz Simak)

S-0648, Towering buildings look down the Michigan Avenue Bridge at the original site of Fort Dearborn
Fred G. Korth, Towering buildings look down the Michigan Avenue Bridge at the original site of Fort Dearborn, 1930s
S-0648, Front view
© Estate of Fred G. Korth
S-0647, Fred G. Korth, Looking west over the Chicago River, spanned by draw-bridges which link the North Side with Wacker Drive., 1930s
Fred G. Korth, Looking west over the Chicago River, spanned by draw-bridges which link the North Side with Wacker Drive., 1930s
more infoS-0647, Front view
© Estate of Fred G. Korth