Wier's Close--Edinburgh from Camera Work, No. 15
Artist
Alvin Langdon Coburn
(British, 1882-1966)
Publisher
Alfred Stieglitz
(American, 1868 - 1949)
CultureAmerican
DateJuly 1906
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 × 6 5/16 in. (20.3 × 16 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.5 × 21 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.5 × 21 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number89.115.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photogravure; originally part of CAMERA WORK.Label TextAlvin Langdon Coburn English (b. America, 1882-1966) Wier's Close - Edinburgh from Camera Work, No. 15, July 1906 Photogravure Museum Purchase 89.115.1 Mostly known for his mid-career Cubist-inspired "Vortographs" (regarded as the first purely abstract photographs), Coburn was also a prolific portraitist and urban landscape photographer. He produced more than 40,000 gravure prints for his books. Coburn associated with both the English Pictorialist group, The Linked Ring, and Alfred Stieglitz' Photo Secession group in New York. Coburn was strongly affected by Whistler's paintings, Japanese rendering of tone and perspective, and the urban imagery of Stieglitz. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004.
