A Wet Night, Columbus Circle

Artist William A. Fraser (American, 1840 - 1925)

Dateca. 1897-1898

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 22 1/4 × 17 1/16 inches (56.52 × 43.34 cm)
Mount: 22 1/4 × 17 1/16 inches (56.52 × 43.34 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.300

SignedOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Fraser”

InscribedOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “J 3 ½ ST96 [?] / Oak Toned [?] / 16 ¼ x 9 ¾”

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DescriptionImage of an urban night scene with a row of trees along the left and light from street lamps reflecting onto the rain-covered sidewalks.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Celebrating a Grand Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 10 – April 30, 2006, no cat.

Rotation 4. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 20, 2008 – January 15, 2009, no cat.

Rotation 11. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 17, 2011 – March 18, 2012, no cat.

Rotation 23. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 18 – May 28, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This work celebrates the atmospheric effects of the relatively new invention of electric light illuminating the rain-soaked streets of New York City at night. William A. Fraser was one of the first photographers to fully explore the artistic potential of night photography. Critics praised this photograph as both a technical and artistic triumph when it was first exhibited in 1898.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1988;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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