San Francisco World's Fair Theme Center

1938

Henry Robertson

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Henry Robertson

Artist, American, 1891 - 1974

This is a photograph of a curved architectural walkway beside a body of water. The image shows a high-angle view of a walkway curving alongside a rippling body of water, with a contrast between the dark water and light stone surface. The composition highlights geometric shapes and the curve of the architecture. The scene is minimalistic, focusing on line, form, and balance in a tranquil setting.
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Provenance

Brenda Edelson, Baltimore, MD; purchased by the FRIENDS of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in graphite: HBRobertson; on verso, top left corner stamped in red ink: 114; by unknown hand, top left corner in red ink: - 2; top center in graphite: Y39 - 4 / A - 1; top right corner: C186; upper center: #4 "Theme Center" / Brc; center in blue ink: Henry B. Robertson / R. D. I. / Wilmington / Del.; bottom left corner in graphite: V 12; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: 1997.20.5; exhibition label in top left corner, yellow text on black background: Exhibited / In the / Clubrooms / Of the / MILWAUKEE / Photo Pictorialists; gold stamp in upper center, embossed: 1940 / KODAK EXHIBIT / AWARD OF / MERIT; exhibition label in upper right, black text on tan background with green image of leaf: Accepted and Hung / 1941 WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL / SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY / EGW / SPONSORED BY THE / PHOTO GUILD OF WINDSOR / affiliated with the / The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain

Wikidata ID

Q64155087

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