Photography Collections Database

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Call Number:

PH-02718

Collection Name:

In Wildness

Creator:

Porter, Eliot (1901 - 1990)

No. of Items:

10 photographs from 1 portfolio

Span Dates:

1981

Description:

Published portfolio, entitled In Wildness (New York: Daniel Wolf Press, 1981), containing ten color photographs by Eliot Porter (American, 1901-1990). The portfolio was issued in an edition of 300. The photographs, which are dye transfer prints, were made by Berkey K & L. The portfolio was designed by Eleanor Morris Caponigro, and the letterpress was printed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Print information follows with titles as they appear in the table of contents.

2016:0015:0001 -- Red osier. Near Great Barrington, Massachusetts. April 18, 1957;
2016:0015:0002 -- Path in woods. Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. 1981;
2016:0015:0003 -- Hawkweed in meadow. Great Spruce Head Island, Maine. 1968;
2016:0015:0004 -- Tidal marsh. Mount Desert Island, Maine. August 4, 1965;
2016:0015:0005 -- Maple leaves and pine needles. Tamworth, New Hampshire. October 3, 1956;
2016:0015:0006 -- Sunflower and sandune [sic]. Colorado. 1959;
2016:0015:0007 -- Sculptured rock. Marble Canyon, Arizona. 1967;
2016:0015:0008 -- Maple sapling and rock. Passaconaway, New Hampshire. 1953;
2016:0015:0009 -- Pool in a brook. Pond Brook, near Whiteface, New Hampshire. October 1953;
2016:0015:0010 -- Sunset behind Las Tres Virgenes Volcano. Near Mezquital, Baja, California. August 12, 1966.

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Location(s):

Flat File (2016:0015:0001-0010)
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See Also:

Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary File Photography Collection: Additional photographs by Eliot Porter can be found in the Walter Willard "Spud" Johnson Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02717).