Herman Schervee
American, born Norway, 1867–1923
American Steel & Wire Company, Worcester, Mass.
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Herman Schervee
American, born Norway, 1867–19231912
American Steel & Wire Company, Worcester, Mass.
Herman Schervee American, born Norway, 1867–1923 →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1912
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.7 × 19.5 cm (9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Photography Department Fund
After completing his photography training in New York during the 1880s, Herman Schervee maintained a studio in Worcester, MA, primarily making portraits and exhibiting with the Photographers' Club of New England. At the turn of the century, wire-making was the largest industry in the town of Worcester, and the American Steel & Wire Company the largest company. Schervee made this photograph at one of their factories, apparently fascinated by the pattern of repeating coils seen from a high vantage point. This picture hints at the machine aesthetic that would become a central interest for modernist photographers after World War I.
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