Eliot Porter
Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico

Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico

© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico
Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Frostbitten apples, Tesuque, New Mexico
  • from the portfolio Intimate Landscapes
DateNovember 21, 1966, printed 1978
Place depictedTesuque, New Mexico, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (26.7 × 20.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (26.7 × 20.7 cm)
Mount: 19 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (50.7 × 38 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mathew Wolf
Object number82.528.42
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Though the 1976 exhibition of William Eggleston’s Guide
at the Museum of Modern Art is commonly referenced as the beginning of
color fine -art photography, by that time Eliot Porter had already been working
in color for 30 years. Porter began making his own separation negatives and dye
transfer prints—a labor-intensive but relatively permanent process—in 1940. In
order to create prints that he felt equaled the natural power of his
landscapes, Porter often slightly increased the brilliance, contrast, or saturation
in his work. The bold yellow fruits in
Frostbitten Apples, Tesuque,
New Mexico
appear like flashes of light against the dark branches of
the tree.




ProvenanceMathew Wolf, Houston; given to MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Eliot Porter: Intimate Landscapes," Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, Oct 2 - Nov 30, 1992(LN:92.10)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: Eliot Porter
Signed in pencil, recto, bottom right below image: Eliot Porter

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