Ship Deck
Artist
William E. Dassonville
(American, 1879 - 1957)
Dateca.1925
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/16 × 9 15/16 inches (18.89 × 25.24 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 inches (25.24 × 30.32 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 11 15/16 inches (25.24 × 30.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3971
SignedEstate stamp on sheet verso, lower left corner, in blue ink: "Estate of / William E. Dassonville"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet recto, lower left corner, in black pen: "354";
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "4216", "567-2-97".
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DescriptionImage of a ship deck with metal cables stretching across; overlooking body of water with boats passing in the fog-covered background.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
The spare, sleek forms of a ship’s deck appear in soft focus in this image, printed on a warm white photographic paper. Based in San Francisco, William Dassonville turned his attention away from the natural landscape in the 1920s, choosing instead to focus on the modern, manmade structures of the city’s waterfront.
Highly attuned to the texture and tonalities of photographic prints, Dassonville also made and marketed his own gelatin silver paper. Many photographers gravitated to the warm tonality and unique surface textures of Dassonville’s papers, including Ansel Adams in his early years.
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