Fountain of Saturn, Versailles

Date1912

Artist Adolf de Meyer (French, active USA, 1868 - 1949)

CultureAmerican

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage: 8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (21.3 x 16 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 7 7/8 in. (27.9 x 20 cm)
Support: 11 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (29.2 x 20.6 cm)
Matted: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (35.2 x 27.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Peter N. Coffeen

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

BibliographyStieglitz, Alfred, ed. Camera Work, no. 40 (1912) Margolis, Marianne Fulton, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide With Reproductions of All 559 Illustrations & Plates, Fully Indexed. New York: Dover Publications, 1978, p. 117, fig. 14 Ehrenkranz, Anne. A Singular Elegance: the photographs of Baron Adolph de Meyer. exh. cat. San Francisco: Chronicle Books in association with the International Center of Photography, 1994, contents page Roberts, Pam. Alfred Stieglitz: Camera Work: The Complete Illustrations 1903 - 1917. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1997, p. 680ProvenanceStaley Wise, NY;
Purchased by Peter Coffeen 1984
Exhibition HistoryTurn of the Century Pictorialism: Photogravures from Camera Work and Camera Notes, Norfolk Library, Norfolk, CT, January 2, 1998 - January 30, 1998

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