id:			156057
accession number:	1991.308
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.308
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:12.244000

Ruins of Cliff Dwellings, Cañon de Chelly, Arizona, c. 1879–1881. John K. Hillers (American, 1843–1925). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 33.2 x 25 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann 1991.308

title:				Ruins of Cliff Dwellings, Cañon de Chelly, Arizona
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creation date:			c. 1879–1881
creation date earliest:		1879
creation date latest:		1881
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* John K. Hillers (American, 1843–1925)  - artist
John K. Hillers American, b. Germany, 1843-1925

John Hillers (born in Hanover) was hired as a oarsman on John Wesley Powell's exploratory survey of the Colorado River in 1871. Learning photography from the expedition's photographer, James Fennemore, Hillers took over the position when Fennemore left the expedition in 1872 due to ill health. He is best known for his ethnographic images made in the Southwest, especially his portraits of Native Americans. His landscapes and views of native architecture also are respected for their artistic value, and he produced hand-colored glass transparencies as well. Like Powell, Hillers was later employed by the Bureau of Ethnology and the United States Geological Survey, which he continued to work for until a few years before his death. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 33.2 x 25 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in negative: "RUINS OF CLIFF DWELLINGS, CANON DE CHELLEY [sic], ARIZONA / HILLERS, PHOTO."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
	opening date:   1992-10-27T05:00:00
	<i>Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, October 27, 1992 - January 3, 1993: "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum\'s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary."', 'opening_date': '1992-10-27T00:00:00'}

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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. 196
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