Santa María Volcano, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

1875-1876

Eadweard Muybridge

Associated Names
Eadweard Muybridge

Artist, American, born England, 1830 - 1904

The image shows a mountainous landscape with rugged peaks against a slightly hazy sky. In the foreground, there is a man with a hat standing partially obscured by vegetation and rocks. The landscape includes textured fields, dense areas of trees, and mountains in the distance. The color palette is sepia tone, enhancing the contrast between the foliage and mountains.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Susan Herzig, San Francisco; purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, by exchange: Duncan Phillips, 2011; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top right of mount in graphite: P.97; lower left in negative: 4407; lower left of mount printed in brown ink: MUYBRIDGE, Photo.; lower right printed in brown ink: San Francisco.; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: Volcan Quezaltenango [sic]; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2011.008

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