Description: William Henry Jackson Photochromes # 53094 Hotel Metropole Santa Catalina Island Summary Description of Material Nineteenth century photographs produced by William Henry Jackson, one of the most widely recognized landscape photographers of his era, and his company, the Detroit Photographic Company. All the prints were produced by the Photochrome process, a patented Swiss process exclusively license to the Detroit Photographic Company. In 1889, startlingly colored photographic prints, made by a secret, patented Swiss process, won a gold medal at the world exposition held in Paris. To a public familiar only with Black and White photographs, these full color prints were astounding in their clarity and realism. nine years later, the Detroit Photographic Company bought the exclusive US rights to the process and began an extraordinarily ambitious photographic print publishing endeavor that would result in the creation of a unique archive of photographic images of the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean, thereby offering the public the first comprehensive view of a rapidly vanishing and /or changing turn of the century America. World renowned photographer William Henry Jackson was brought on board as Chief Photographer and head of production. He contributed an extraordinary archive of negatives dating back to the 1860's, and supervised a group of European artisians in the lithographic process used to hand color these prints made from his original Black and White negatives. The printing process was extremely complex and expensive, requiring and different craft person/artist for each of the four separate stages necessary to get a final print. The process also required a different stone printing plate for each of the four of twelve colors used for every print. The photochromes were produced in limited runs of approximately 100 per image (though several exceptions do exist), and thus became the first method to yield commercially viable photographic prints. The images range from wilderness panoramics to densely layered urban scenes and still exhibit the same sharpness and clarity as the day they were produced. The range in subject matter of the photochromes is unusually vast and comprehensive. The photochromes not only capture the beauty of an untamed land but, also record the drive and ingenuity that settled the continent and transformed a young nation into an industrial giant. The American Photochromes capture the United States at a critical turning point: from Mills, farms, mining towns, railroads and steamships to bustling city street scenes in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. To cowboys roping cattle in the West. We see the rise of industry, the advent of leisure time, the pristine splendor of our national parks, as well as simpler ways of life that have long since vanished. No other body of photographic work so completely illuminates the way of life that existed in the U.S. during that last quarter of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. The hand coloring process gives the photochromes an unusual aesthetic appeal. They simultaneously exist in hauntingly realistic documents of an era gone by, as well as, timeless artistic images. In effect, vintage photchromes identical or similar in this country are found in public and private collections throughout the United States including the Beineke Library at Yale, Whitney Museum of Art in New York, University of Minnesota, Plain Arts Museum, Fargo ND, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI Custer County Art Museum, Miles City Montana, The Denver Public Library, Denver, CO, and Visitation Convent, Mendota Heights, MN. Jackson was extremely well regarded during his time and continues to enjoy critical acceptance. His work is actively bought by collectors and museums. Jackson has been the subject of biographies and retrospectives, as well as being represented in museums across the country. Selected Public and Private Collections The Whitney Museum of American ArtThe Beineke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale UniversityAmon Carter MuseumThe Library of CongressGeorge Eastman HouseHenry Ford Museum at Greenfield VillageNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute This individual piece measures exactly 9 inches by 7 inches. Not framed. Currently protected in plastic sheeting and in a box for safe keeping in airconditioned and humidity controlled environment #53094 Hotel Metropole, Santa Catalina, CA Please email with any questions. Only serious bidders please.
Price: 950 USD
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
End Time: 2024-02-03T01:42:51.000Z
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