Granite Silver Mine, Montana

c. 1880

F. Jay Haynes

Associated Names
F. Jay Haynes

Artist, American, 1853 - 1921

The image shows a landscape with wooden industrial buildings spread across rocky terrain. The viewpoint is elevated, offering a broad view of the area. In the distance, there is a hillside with scattered trees and smoke rising from smokestacks. A dirt path winds through rocks towards red-brown buildings with white-trimmed windows. Further away, more buildings are visible on a slope with smoke rising from them. The color palette is sepia, giving the scene a vintage feel.

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery M79

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.7 × 54.5 cm (16 13/16 × 21 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 43 × 54.9 cm (16 15/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.80

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 15 October 1992, lot 46); Paine Webber & Co., New York; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, bottom left in negative: 3175

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