id:			153717
accession number:	1987.26
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.26
updated:		2024-08-08 15:16:29.507000

Chateau Montesquieu, c. 1900. Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943). Platinum print; image: 15.4 x 8.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1987.26

title:				Chateau Montesquieu
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creation date:			c. 1900
creation date earliest:		1895
creation date latest:		1905
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	England, early 20th Century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943)  - artist
Frederick H. Evans British, 1853-1943

Born in Whitechapel, London, Frederick Evans was the preeminent architectural photographer of his day, known particularly for his views of British cathedrals. He was also known for portraiture, with sitters such as George Bernard Shaw and Aubrey Beardsley.
	Originally a London bookseller, Evans retired in 1898 to devote himself full-time to photography. He was a passionate devotee of straight, or pure, photography. His elegant, unaltered platinum prints relied on form and light to probe the spiritual elements of architectural space and to reveal the character and nuance of the subjects of his portraits. Evans, who exhibited his work widely, extended his aesthetic beliefs to the realm of display; he is credited with transforming British exhibition practice -- the crowded Victorian salon giving way to a venue where prints were shown singly and clearly, out of competition with one another.
	Alfred Stieglitz was a great admirer of Evans's work, which was published in Camera Work (1903) and shown at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in New York (1906). A member of the Royal Photographic Society, Evans was named an Honorary Fellow in 1925 and was elected to the Linked Ring in 1900. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 15.4 x 8.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount: "Chateau Montesquieu FHE"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1996-11-24T05:00:00
	<i>Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, February 24 - April 17, 1988: "Year in Review 1987," CMA Bulletin, 75 (February 1988), p. 66, no. 54.', 'opening_date': '1988-02-24T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}

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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. 148
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.26/1987.26_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.26/1987.26_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.26/1987.26_full.tif