Richard Neuhauss
1891, 2 July
[Untitled, Cirro-Cumulus]
[Cloud Atlas]

Boudoir card, albumen print, back
11.3 x 19 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4048
 
Annotated/dated in ink by Dr. Richard Gustav Neuhauss, Dr. R. Neuhauss, pract. Doctor, Berlin SW Dessauerstr. 16 stamp and KÖNIGL.PREUSS. METEROLOGISCHES INSTITUT BERLIN stamp as well as annotated in pencil in an unknown hand on mount verso. Clouds have long been the subject of artists who have either used them as background and atmospheric embellishment or to give a symbolic frame to their subjects. As of the 18th century clouds became more a subject in their own right and artists began focusing on their various forms and characteristics. With the development of more precise scientific procedures they also became the subject of more detailed studies such as the images offered here by Dr. Richard Gustav Neuhauss. A German ethnologist, meteorologist, physician, anthropologist and scientific photographer, Neuhauss also photographed some of Otto Lilienthal's flight attempts as well as microscopic images of snow crystals. These images are both scientific documentation and an artistic rendition of an endlessly captivating subject.
 
Lit.: Dr. R Neuhaus. Photography on research trips and cloud photography. Wilh. Scarce Hall, 1912.
 
LL/123953