id:			85876
accession number:	2018.253
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.253
updated:		2024-03-26 01:55:54.987000

Ridgeway Avebury Group, Showers and Sun, 1974 (printed before 1977). Fay Godwin (British, 1931–2005). Gelatin silver print ; image: 21.9 x 30 cm (8 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.); paper: 21.9 x 30 cm (8 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.); mounted: 30.6 x 40.4 cm (12 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2018.253

title:				Ridgeway Avebury Group, Showers and Sun
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creation date:			1974 (printed before 1977)
creation date earliest:		1974
creation date latest:		1974
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creditline:			Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	Gelatin silver print 
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Fay Godwin (British, 1931–2005)  - artist
Fay Godwin British, b. Germany, 1931-2005 Self-taught, Fay Godwin took up photography in 1966. Her early work was largely portraits of children and young British and American writers, artists, and composers. She is also known for her lyrical images of British landscapes, characterized by subtle humor and idiosyncratic subject matter. In 1975 Bill Brandt selected Godwin's work for inclusion in the acclaimed exhibition The Land at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Godwin has collaborated on more than 15 book projects with writers such as J. R. L. Anderson (The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridgeway, 1975), Mervyn Jones (The Oil Rush, 1976), Shirley Toulson (The Drovers' Roads of Wales, 1977), John Fowles (Islands, 1978; Land, 1985), Ted Hughes (Remains of Elmet, 1979), Richard Ingrams (Romney Marsh and the Royal Military Canal, 1980), Derek Cooper (The Whiskey Roads of Scotland, 1981), Peter Purves (Tess: The Story of a Guide Dog, 1981), Frank Muir (Bison at Chalk Farm and Other Snaps, 1982), Allan Sillitoe (The Saxon Shore Way from Gravesend to Rye, 1983), and Patricia Beer (Wessex, 1985). In 1986 Godwin also published The Secret of Dean. Godwin (born Fay Simmonds in Berlin) has received a grant from the Arts Council of Great Britain (1978) and been honored as a Fellow at the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television, Bradford (1986–87). She also received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society (1990) and served as president of the Rambler's Association (1987–90). In addition to her freelance projects, she is known for her workshops, lectures, and frequent broadcasts on rural Britain. Godwin lives in London. A.W.
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measurements: Image: 21.9 x 30 cm (8 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.); Paper: 21.9 x 30 cm (8 5/8 x 11 13/16 in.); Mounted: 30.6 x 40.4 cm (12 1/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso of mount: “copyright Fay Godwin/3 Rochester Terrace/London NW1 9JN/01-485-1689/to be credited”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of mount: “Ridgeway:/Avebury Group./Showers & Sun/1919-12”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of mount: “80.00/83/”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso of mount: “TR15963/41”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount: “1974 Fay Godwin (signed)”
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PROVENANCE

	The Halsted 831 Gallery, Birmingham, MI
	date: March 1977
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	Tom E. Hinson, Truth or Consequences, NM
	date: 1977-2018
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 4, 2018
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