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accession number: 1995.77
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The Hamadryads, c. 1910. Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869–1950). Gelatin silver print; image: 24.1 x 19.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.); paper: 40.8 x 32.7 cm (16 1/16 x 12 7/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1995.77
title: The Hamadryads
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creation date: c. 1910
creation date earliest: 1905
creation date latest: 1915
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creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: Gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1900-1950
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Anne W. Brigman (American, 1869–1950) - artist
Anne W. Brigman American, b. Hawaii, 1869-1950 Anne W. Brigman was born in Honolulu, where she lived until her family moved to California in the 1880s. Around 1900 she became interested in photography and in 1902 exhibited five of her prints in the Second San Francisco Photographic Salon. The following year Brigman joined Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession, becoming one of the few West Coast members of this elite New York-based group. Her images were reproduced in three issues of Camera Work (1909, 1912, 1913), and her photographs were included in many of the Photo-Secession exhibitions organized by Stieglitz in this country and abroad. Brigman also exhibited her work in numerous salons of pictorial photography and in 1909 was elected to membership in the Linked Ring. Active in the Bay Area, Brigman made one trip east in 1910 to meet Stieglitz and other Photo-Secession members associated with the gallery "291." While on the East Coast she took part in Clarence White's first summer school of photography in Maine. During the first two decades of the 20th century Brigman became known for her allegorical images of nude or classically robed female figures frequently posed in trees in the California Sierra. Following her move from Oakland to Long Beach in 1929, Brigman turned to photographic studies of the seaside. During the 1930s she began writing poetry and in 1949 published Songs of a Pagan, a book combining her photographs and poems. She died in 1950 while working on a second book, Child of Hawaii. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 24.1 x 19.7 cm (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.); Paper: 40.8 x 32.7 cm (16 1/16 x 12 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "Anne Brigman [signed]"; in ink on verso: "The Hamidryads [sic]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
title: Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-06-24T00:00:00
Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007); Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (October 3, 2009-January 3, 2010).
title: Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America
opening date: 2015-09-05T00:00:00
Shadows and Dreams: Pictorialist Photography in America. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 5, 2015-January 17, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Anne Brigman: Pictorial Photographer/Pagan/Member of the Photo-Session. The Oakland Museum (Oakes Gallery), Oakland, CA (September 17-November 17, 1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-09-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'A Poetic Vision: The Photographs of Anne Brigman. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (September 2-October 5, 1995); The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY (March 23-June 9, 1996); Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, CA (August 10-October 6, 1996).', 'opening_date': '1995-09-02T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Heyman, Therese Thau, and Anne Brigman. Anne Brigman: Pictorial Photographer, Pagan, Member of the Photo-Secession. [Oakland, California]: The Oakland Museum, Art Department, 1974.
page number: p. 13
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Ehrens, Susan, and Anne Brigman. A Poetic Vision: The Photographs of Anne Brigman. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1995.
page number: p. 89
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 112
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