Walter Kirner
Věra Prášilova, Walter Kirner, 1926, gelatin silver print, Gift of Nadja S. Lilly, Dascha S. Tursi, and K.S. Voeller, M.D., © Estate of Věra Prášilova Scott, 2000.91.63
This work is not currently on view.
- Title
Walter Kirner
- Artist
- Date
1926
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 9 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Nadja S. Lilly, Dascha S. Tursi, and K.S. Voeller, M.D.
- Accession Number
2000.91.63
- Copyright
© Estate of Věra Prášilova Scott
- Terms
Many of Prášilova's earliest Houston subjects were her husband's colleagues at Rice University. Organic chemist Walter Kirner was new to the Rice University faculty when Prášilova made this portrait. Kirner went on to head the division of chemistry at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.
- Exhibitions
2015 Classically Modern: The Portraiture of Věra Prášilova Scott Portland Art Museum
