Eliot Porter, Guggenheim fellow, photographer, specialty birds

W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978)

Date

ca. 1947
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 11 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 11 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. in graphite: [upside down] F
u.c.: [stamp] [upside down] 22973
u.c. in blue ink: [inverted check mark]
u.c: [in black type] Santa Fe Essay [underlined in blue pencil] x
u.r. in graphite: Photo #767514
u.c. in graphite: Dr. Elliott x ["x" in blue pencil] Porter [underlined in blue pencil] \ Guggenheim fellow - \ photographer - specialty \ wild birds - c. 1947
c. in red pencil: Smith \ #22973 - F [in blue pencil] \ TIME INC. \ PICTURE COLLECTION [stamped in red ink] \ Credit W. EUGENE SMITH \ WEST [blank] STREET \ NEW YORK CITY ENdicott 2-3259 [stamped in black ink]
l.r. [stamp in black ink]: © (blank line) Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. \ No reproduction, commercial display or othe[sic] \ use is permitted without express written \ permission of the copyright holder.
l.c. in graphite: PF 120112
l.r. in graphite: 519
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P2019.50
Copyright

© Time-Life Inc.

Eliot Porter’s Birds

December 21, 2019–July 5, 2020

While he is internationally celebrated for his colorful renderings of the natural world, Eliot Porter’s Birds highlights Porter's equal, career-long focus on photographing birds through more than thirty photographs and archival objects with the artist’s extensive writings.

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