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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
Not on view

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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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August 14, 1971, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.47
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Eliot Porter
Rock-Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, Utah
1971
Dye imbibition print
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Edge of the Colorado River at mile 16, Above House Rock Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, from the series Intimate Landscapes
September 13, 1967, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.28
Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument, Utah
Eliot Porter
Juniper Tree, Arches National Monument, Utah
1958
Dye imbibition print
99.522
Old Cottonwood Tree, Moki Canyon, Glen Canyon, Utah
Eliot Porter
Old Cottonwood Tree, Moki Canyon, Glen Canyon, Utah
1963
Dye imbibition print
99.523
Aspens by Lake, Broadmoore Lodge, Pike National Forest, Colorado
Eliot Porter
Aspens by Lake, Broadmoore Lodge, Pike National Forest, Colorado
1959
Dye imbibition print
99.518
Birch Trees on Cliff, Near Keene Valley, Adirondack Park, New York
Eliot Porter
Birch Trees on Cliff, Near Keene Valley, Adirondack Park, New York
1963
Dye imbibition print
99.519
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