id: 171789 accession number: 2014.538 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.538 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:41.927000 San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, c. 1930s. William E. Dassonville (American, 1879–1957). Gelatin silver print; image: 19.4 x 25.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); paper: 25.3 x 30.2 cm (9 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2014.538 title: San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1930s creation date earliest: 1930 creation date latest: 1939 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1900-1950 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: 19.4 x 25.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 30.2 cm (9 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "342" Stamped in blue ink on verso: "Estate of/William E. Dassonville" Written in pencil on verso: "SF ca. 1930s-Yerba Buena Island DV1692 ¾" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES