id:			168441
accession number:	2010.213
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.213
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:22.688000

East Fork, de Chelly River, Arizona, 1879–1881. John K. Hillers (American, 1843–1925). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 32.4 x 24.4 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); paper: 32.4 x 24.4 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2010.213

title:				East Fork, de Chelly River, Arizona
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creation date:			1879–1881
creation date earliest:		1879
creation date latest:		1881
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
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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: 32.4 x 24.4 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 32.4 x 24.4 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Imprinted on lower edge of recto: "EAST FORK DECHELLY RIVER.ARIZONA./HILLERS"
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PROVENANCE

	Andrew Smith, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico; Charles Isaacs, New York
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