id: 170573 accession number: 2013.126 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.126 updated: 2025-02-09 07:05:22.274000 Owens Valley, California, c. 1930s. William E. Dassonville (American, 1879–1957). Gelatin silver print; image: 22.6 x 17.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.); paper: 30.1 x 25 cm (11 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2013.126 title: Owens Valley, California title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1930s creation date earliest: 1925 creation date latest: 1945 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: --- culture: America technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- measurements: Image: 22.6 x 17.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.); Paper: 30.1 x 25 cm (11 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Owens Valley, CA" Written in pencil on verso: "DV1416 2/6" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES