The Wharf
Artist
Margaret Watkins
(Canadian, 1884 - 1969)
Date1921-1923
MediumPalladium print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 × 6 3/16 inches (20.64 × 15.72 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/16 inches (20.96 × 16.03 cm)
Mount: 11 × 7 7/8 inches (27.94 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/16 inches (20.96 × 16.03 cm)
Mount: 11 × 7 7/8 inches (27.94 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4458
SignedSigned and dated on mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "Margaret Watkins 1923";
Signed and dated on mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "Margaret Watkins 1921".
InscribedOn exhibition mat verso, lower left, in black pen: "1924 / Frederick + Nelson / Salon Seattle / Margaret Watkins / 46 Jane St. / New York City / Title The Wharf / Taken Sept. after sunset / Camera View 6 x 8 / Film East Port Par. / Dev. Activol / Paper Willis + Clements' / Palladium / entirely my work. / Margaret Watkins"
MarkingsOn mat recto, upper right, in pencil: "85%";
On ma verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "M.WA. 129";
On mat verso, upper right corner, in blue pen: "200".
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DescriptionImage of a small wooden boat in a still body of water next to a dock with a fishing pole and net on it.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
This quiet composition, rendered in soft focus with the warm tonalities of a palladium print, characterizes the early work of Margaret Watkins. A label on the back of the print indicates that Watkins made the exposure just after sunset to ensure the desired quality of light and that she included the photograph in a Seattle exhibition around 1924.
Watkins was a Canadian-born artist who earned a living as an advertising photographer in New York. A student of Clarence H. White, who founded a school dedicated to instruction in photography and design, Watkins participated in several early photography exhibitions in the United States and Great Britain.
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Howard Greenberg Gallery by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1994;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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