Tide Pool

Artist Wynn Bullock (American, 1902 - 1975)

Date1957

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19.05 x 24.13 cm)
Framed: 17 x 19 inches (43.18 x 48.26 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3901

InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Front of Mount

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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print of Tide Pool on exhibition mount. Signature on mount.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

American Photography: Recent Additions to the Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, February 27 – May 14, 2000, no cat.

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Wynn Bullock is known for his poetic studies of nature and the human figure. In images such as this, Bullock suggests a kind of cosmic mystery, a suggestion of the endless universe in the mud surface of a tide pool.

Bullock’s first passion had been music. His interest shifted to photography and art in the late 1920s while training as a singer in Paris. By the 1950s–60s, he was a revered figure in West Coast photography, and was friends with other noted photographers, such as Ansel Adams and Minor White.

Provenance

Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA;
Purchased from Joseph Bellows Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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