J. Craig Annan
1894
A Venetian Requiem
[Venice and Lombardy: A Series of Original Photogravures]

Photogravure
11.7 x 9 cm (image) 13.2 x 9.2 cm (paper)
 
Art Institute of Chicago
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.663
 
Curatorial description (accessed: 27 July 2016)
In 1896 J. Craig Annan published a luxurious portfolio of prints, Venice and Lombardy: A Series of Original Photogravures, that collected views from his travels to Italy. Six of the works by Annan in the Art Institute's Stieglitz Collection, among them A Venetian Requiem, were included. In these works Annan expertly combined photographic detail with the smears and smudges of the ink used in the photogravure printing process.
 
LL/68038