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Image Not Available for On Blue Mesa, looking across and up Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado
On Blue Mesa, looking across and up Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado
Image Not Available for On Blue Mesa, looking across and up Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado

On Blue Mesa, looking across and up Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateMarch 12, 1996
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.60
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 808"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "On Blue Mesa, looking across / and up Blue Creek Canyon / March 12, 1996 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "XII60"
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of snow covered canyon with trees lining the horizon.
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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