Guard Rock, Des Moines Rapids Canal L.W.
1885
Artist, American, born Germany, 1844 - 1903
Artwork overview
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Medium
cyanotype
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 26.5 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.)
sheet: 36.6 × 43.5 cm (14 7/16 × 17 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2012.138.18
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Major A. Mackenzie, United States Army Corps of Engineers [d. 1921], Washington, DC. Mike Conner, Washington, DC, 1990; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1990, no. 67). Betsy S. Aubrey and E. Steve Lichtenberg, MD, San Francisco (through the Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York), 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
upper center, in black ink: 143.; lower center: Guard Lock. Des Moines Rapids Canal 1885.
Markings
on verso, paper manufacturer's watermark, reversed: et cie annonay aloe's satino
Wikidata ID
Q64155084