Ploughing on the Campagnetta

Photography and Media

1894

James Craig Annan
Scottish, 1864–1946

J. Craig Annan was a leading proponent of the Pictorialist movement of photography and an expert in the photogravure process, in which traditional printmaking materials are used to reproduce photographs in ink. In 1896 Annan published a portfolio, “Venice and Lombardy,” featuring views from his travels to Italy; “Ploughing on the Campagnetta,” which depicts a team of oxen laboring in the field, was among them. This print reflects the Pictorialist ideal of an “artistic” photograph—combining the photographic detail captured by the lens with the painterly smears and smudges of the ink used in the printing process.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: James Craig Annan
Title: Ploughing on the Campagnetta
Place: Scotland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1894
Medium: Photogravure
Inscriptions: Signed recto, lower right, below image, in graphite: J Craig Annan ["na" underlined]; inscribed recto, lower left, in graphite: Ploughing on the Campagnetta; unmarked verso
Dimensions: Image: 5 × 14.8 cm (2 × 5 7/8 in.); Paper: 14.3 × 24.1 cm (5 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Reference Number: 1949.670

Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, May 28-November 6, 2016.

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