Eliot Porter
Blue Rocks, Iceland

Blue Rocks, Iceland

© 1990, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

Blue Rocks, Iceland
Blue Rocks, Iceland
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Blue Rocks, Iceland
Date1972
PlaceIceland
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (26.7 × 20.6 cm)
 Mount: 19 15/16 × 15 in. (50.6 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary and Rick Gardner
Object number2009.1271
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Cronin Gallery, Houston]; purchased by Mary Gardner and Rick Gardner; given to MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil on the mount, lower right below the image: "Eliot Porter"
Printed label on verso mount: "THE CRONIN GALLERY / 2424 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005 ... / ELIOT PORTER / Original Dye-Transfer Photograph / Iceland / 72-197"
Stamp on verso mount, upper left, with additional marks in ink: "PHOTOGRAPH / By / ELIOT PORTER / No. 72-197 / Title Iceland"

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October 1, 1970, printed 1978
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March 9, 1964, printed 1978
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