View of the Portico, Luxor
Original Language TitleVue du Portique de Luxor
Artist
John Beasley Greene
(American, born France, 1832 - 1856)
Date1854
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 1/2 inches (23.34 × 29.21 cm)
Mount: 15 5/8 × 22 1/4 inches (39.69 × 56.52 cm)
Mount: 15 5/8 × 22 1/4 inches (39.69 × 56.52 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.212
SignedOn image recto, lower right corner, in negative: "J.B. Greene"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in pencil: "44. / Vue da portique de Luxor"
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "44";
On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "GL" / Pl 34 Paysages Justitret [?]" / "UY";
On mount verso, lower left, in pencil: "D21";
On mount verso, bottom center, in pencil: "394-2-95".
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 - December 30, 2007, 156 (repro).
Exploring Egypt: 19th Century Expeditionary Photography. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 6 - July 18, 2010, no cat.
In this distant view of the ruins of Luxor, Egypt, Greene emphasizes the seemingly endless expanse of sky and sand. The majestic ruins and lone palm tree occupy a mere fraction of the pictorial space. The result is a poetic comment on the smallness of man's works in the face of nature and eternity.
Rachel Topham, John Beasly Greene (M.A. thesis, Ryerson University, 2006), pp. 44, 48.
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