Artist
Carleton E. Watkins(American, 1829–1916)American, 1829–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Willamette Falls, Oregon City
Date1867
Place depictedOregon City, Oregon, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 15 13/16 × 20 5/8 in. (40.2 × 52.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 20 5/8 in. (40.2 × 52.4 cm)
Mount: 21 5/8 × 27 in. (54.9 × 68.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 20 5/8 in. (40.2 × 52.4 cm)
Mount: 21 5/8 × 27 in. (54.9 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2017.425
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view
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This view shows steamboats, mills, landings, railroads, and residences clustered where falls interrupt navigation along the Willamette River. Such pictures were not condemnations of man’s intrusion upon nature but rather expressions of civilization’s ability to harness the vast resources of a bountiful region and to live in harmony with nature.
ProvenanceUnidentified individual; purchased by [Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by Brian Little, New York /Montecito, California; by inheritance to Mrs. Brian Little, New York / Montecito, California; [Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Exhibition History"Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 28–September 07, 1999; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 5, 1999–January 9, 2000; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 20–May 7, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black ink, mount recto, center below image: Willamette Falls // Oregon City.
Printed on applied label verso, upper center of frame backing board: Fraenkel Gallery // 49 GEARY STREET SAN FRANCISCO 94108 // CARLETON E. WATKINS // Willamette Falls, Oregon City [underlined] // 1867 // mammoth-plate albumen print on original mount // 15-3/4 x 20-5/8 inches (image & sheet) // [40.0 x 52.4 cm] // 21-5/8 x 27 inches (mount) // [54.9 x 68.6 cm] // Exhibited: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carleton // Watkins: The Art of Perception, [italicized] // and traveling exhibition to the Metropolitan Museum, NY // and the National Gallery of Art, // Washington, DC, 1999-2000 // calligraphic title recto on mount in ink // from the album Photographs of the // Columbia River and Oregon [italicized] // [CEW.0483.YR]
Printed on applied label verso, lower left corner: TRU VUE OPTIUM 99% // ALTHOUGH PLEXI PRODUCT, USE // NON-AMMONIA GLASS CLEANER // SPOT DESIGN
Printed on applied label verso, upper center of frame backing board: Fraenkel Gallery // 49 GEARY STREET SAN FRANCISCO 94108 // CARLETON E. WATKINS // Willamette Falls, Oregon City [underlined] // 1867 // mammoth-plate albumen print on original mount // 15-3/4 x 20-5/8 inches (image & sheet) // [40.0 x 52.4 cm] // 21-5/8 x 27 inches (mount) // [54.9 x 68.6 cm] // Exhibited: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carleton // Watkins: The Art of Perception, [italicized] // and traveling exhibition to the Metropolitan Museum, NY // and the National Gallery of Art, // Washington, DC, 1999-2000 // calligraphic title recto on mount in ink // from the album Photographs of the // Columbia River and Oregon [italicized] // [CEW.0483.YR]
Printed on applied label verso, lower left corner: TRU VUE OPTIUM 99% // ALTHOUGH PLEXI PRODUCT, USE // NON-AMMONIA GLASS CLEANER // SPOT DESIGN
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