id:			155347
accession number:	1990.114
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.114
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:08.799000

Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Harbor, c. 1920. William E. Dassonville (American, 1879–1957). Gelatin silver print on parmelian paper; image: 20.4 x 25.3 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.); paper: 25.4 x 30.4 cm (10 x 11 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1990.114

title:				Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Harbor
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creation date:			c. 1920
creation date earliest:		1915
creation date latest:		1925
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print on parmelian paper
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1900-1950
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* William E. Dassonville (American, 1879–1957)  - artist
William E. Dassonville American, 1879-1957

William Dassonville (born in Sacramento) was a pictorial photographer active in San Francisco during the first two decades of the 20th century. In addition to the pictorial work he produced for exhibition, Dassonville operated a professional portrait studio. A member of the California Camera Club, he gave lectured on art photography and contributed articles to Camera Craft, a photographic journal affiliated with the club. He exhibited his work in the first three San Francisco Photographic Salons (1901-3), as well as in other salons in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.
	After losing all of his work in the 1906 earthquake, Dassonville left San Francisco for the Sierra Nevada. He later returned to the city, reestablishing his studio and exhibiting his photographs made in the mountains. In the early 1920s he began making photographic paper for his own use and in 1924 gave up his studio to concentrate on the manufacture of "Dassonville" paper. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 20.4 x 25.3 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 x 30.4 cm (10 x 11 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "W E Dassonville [signed]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America
	opening date:   2015-09-05T00:00:00
	<i>Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 5, 2015-January 17, 2016).

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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. 137
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