id:			150529
accession number:	1981.82
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.82
updated:		2025-02-09 04:06:43.892000

Electro-Motive Corp., LaGrange, Illinois, 1935. Henry Sill (American, 1902-). Gelatin silver print; image: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.); paper: 30.4 x 22 cm (11 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Paul Eden in memory of George A. Bryant and Allan S. Austin 1981.82

title:				Electro-Motive Corp., LaGrange, Illinois
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creation date:			1935
creation date earliest:		1935
creation date latest:		1935
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creditline:			Gift of Paul Eden in memory of George A. Bryant and Allan S. Austin
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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Henry Sill (American, 1902-)  - artist
Henry Sill American, 1902-

Henry Sill worked as an architectural and industrial photographer in his native Cleveland during the 1930s-60s. He was associated with Parade Studio and the Lowrey & Sill Studio before moving to Leonia, New Jersey, to work for the Knapp Engraving Company.
	During the 1920s-30s Sill took part in a number of exhibitions, including the Annual Pittsburgh Salon of Photographic Art (1927, 1929), the All American Photographic Salon at the Los Angeles Public Library (1927), and the International Salon of Photography sponsored by the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles (1928). He also was a frequent exhibitor in the May Show, the Cleveland Museum of Art's regional juried exhibition (1926-29, 1935-37). Sill's photographs have appeared in various publications, including Applied Photography and Business Week. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 27.7 x 19.3 cm (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.); Paper: 30.4 x 22 cm (11 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in negative: "P"; in pencil on recto (erased): "HENRY H [?] SILL / PARADE STUDIOS"; in pencil on verso: "3994-7/2 [2 circled] 3 Blue [?] Baret / 9-tone Blk Lines"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 320
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