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Call Number:

PH-02593

Collection Name:

The Macchu Picchu Suite

Creator:

Ranney, Edward (1942 - )

No. of Items:

11 items

Span Dates:

1999

Description:

Published portfolio, titled The Macchu Picchu Suite (New York: Limited Editions Press, 1999), containing a title page, a plate index, eleven plates of photographs by Edward Ranney (American, born 1942), and a colophon. The colophon reads: “This edition consists of sixty sets numbered 1-60, five Artists’ proofs, five Hors Commerce proofs, two Printers’ proofs, and two Archive proofs. The portfolio was editioned at the press of Jon Goodman Photogravure, on Arches cover. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1999.” Each print is signed and dated by the photographer. The HRC’s portfolio is number three. Ten of the eleven photographs were also used to illustrate a Limited Editions Club 1999 publication of Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda (Chilean, 1904-1973). Description of illustrations follow.

999:0030:0001 -- Putucusi Peak, 1975. Photogravure, 9.4 x 12.3 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0002 -- Intihuatana stone, detail, 1971. Photogravure, 9.3 x 11.8 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0003 -- Upper Macchu Picchu, looking south, 1975. Photogravure, 16.2 x 20.4 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0004 -- Funerary Rock, 1971. Photogravure, 13.6 x 19.1 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0005 -- Intihuatana stone, 1971. Photogravure, 14.1 x 20.1 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0006 -- Rock shrine, Toffeón Complex, 1975. Photogravure, 13.6 x 19.5 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0007 -- Condor stone, 1975. Photogravure, 14.0 x 20.1 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0008 -- Prison Group and Condor stone, 1975. Photogravure, 14.4 x 20.4 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0009 -- Lower Macchu Picchu and the Urubamba valley, 1975. Photogravure, 15.7 x 19.9 (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0010 -- Cremonial Cave, Torreón Complex, 1975. Photogravure, 13.5 x 20.4 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet);
999:0030:0011 -- Cermonial cave, Torreón Complex, detail, 1971. Photogravure, 12 x 9.8 cm (image); 43.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet).

Location(s):

f F 3429.1 M3 R366 1999 HRC-P (999:0030:0001-0011)
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