J. Craig Annan
1892 (taken) 1900 (photogravure)
The Road Through the Dunes
[Die Kunst in der Photographie (Art Folio #5)]

Photogravure, Chine-collé
14.6 x 20.1 cm
 
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James Craig Annan (Glasgow)
 
Heliographed (Plate) : James Craig Annan of T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow
 
Printed (Druck) by: Georg Buxenstein & Comp. (Berlin)
 
Listed as: The Rood Through The Dunes (sic) on index page.
 
Weston Naef (1978, p.261) comments on this photograph: "The most important artistic decision was that the men and cart were caught mid-step, making this a fine example of photographic naturalism. Such works were very influential on the emergence of Stieglitz's style between 1894 and 1900."
 
Sources
 
Naef, Weston J. 1978, The Collection of Alfred Stieglitz: Fifty Pioneers of Modern Photography (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
 
LL/18696