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Twin Redwoods, Palo Alto

c. 1877

Carleton E. Watkins

Artist, American, 1829 - 1916

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen print
Credit Line

Gift of Mary and David Robinson
Dimensions

image: 52.4 × 39.5 cm (20 5/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
Accession

1995.35.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; gift to NGA, 1995.

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Exhibition History

1999

Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000, no. 118.

Bibliography

1999

Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception. Exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000: no. 118.

Wikidata ID

Q64145674

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