id: 157125
accession number: 1993.27
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.27
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Savannah Sparrow's Nest, 1938. Eliot Porter (American, 1901–1990). Gelatin silver print; image: 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.27 © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art
title: Savannah Sparrow's Nest
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creation date: 1938
creation date earliest: 1938
creation date latest: 1938
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
copyright: © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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culture: America
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Eliot Porter (American, 1901–1990) - artist
Eliot Porter American, 1901-1990
An early master of the dye transfer color process, Eliot Furness Porter was famous for his striking color images of the natural world. Born in Winnetka, Illinois, Porter graduated from Harvard University (B.S. in engineering, 1924) and Harvard Medical School (1929) and taught biochemistry and biology at Harvard and Radcliffe College for the next 10 years. A growing interest in photography resulted in his decision in 1939 to change careers. Deeply respectful of nature, he became an extremely skilled and sensitive wildlife and landscape photographer.
In 1941 Porter received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for bird photography and began experimenting with the dye transfer color process. Two years later the Museum of Modern Art, New York, held an exhibit of his color photographs of birds. He received a second Guggenheim fellowship in 1946. Throughout his career, Porter exhibited his work widely, published numerous books, many in association with the Sierra Club, and was honored with many awards and honorary degrees. He moved from Winnetka to Santa Fe in 1946, where he lived until his death. His photographic estate of prints, negatives, and manuscripts was bequeathed to the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 23.7 x 18.6 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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inscription: Written in red pencil on verso: "File-Animals"; in black ink on label: "By ELIOT F. PORTER / 3 Sedgwick Rd. / Cambridge, Mass. / June 1938 / Savana [sic] Sparrow's Nest"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1994-09-13T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
“1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218.
page number: Mentioned: p. 160
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 268
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