About this artwork
An avid nature photographer, Eliot Porter helped to pioneer technologies of color printing. He is best known for vibrant three-color dye imbibition prints of nature scenes and cultural landmarks, published in books and portfolios in partnership with the Sierra Club. Hugh Edwards featured Porter’s work in a 1963 exhibition that seems to have cemented his impressions of color photography, which was at this point largely reserved for commercial purposes. “At last I can feel certain,” the curator wrote to Porter, “that great photographs can be made in color—something I was skeptical about for so long.” The following year, the museum acquired 21 prints.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Photography and Media
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Artist
- Eliot Porter
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Title
- Yellow Leaves and Asters, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, September 20, 1950
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Place
- United States (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1950
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Medium
- Dye imbibition print
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Dimensions
- Image/paper: 27.3 × 21.3 cm (10 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.); Mount: 48.3 × 35.5 cm (19 1/16 × 14 in.)
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Credit Line
- Photography Department Purchase, Joseph and Helen Regenstein funds
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Reference Number
- 1964.128
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Copyright
- © 1990, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist.
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