Volcanic mud hills near Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1867
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 11/16 × 10 9/16 inches (19.53 × 26.83 cm)
Mount: 17 7/8 × 23 7/8 inches (45.4 × 60.64 cm)
Mount: 17 7/8 × 23 7/8 inches (45.4 × 60.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3288
InscribedNumbered
"8"
On Print
[in white]
Numbered
"8"
On Mount
Pencil
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage albumen print on King Survey mount. Image of hills covered with volcanic mud. Numbered "8" in white on front of print (in print) and in pencil on mount.Exhibition HistoryTimothy H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs. The Art Institute of Chicago, October 22, 2011 - January 15, 2012, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, April 7 - September 2, 2012, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT, January 23 - May 26, 2014, no. 21.
Rotation 18. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 17, 2014 - May 3, 2015, no cat.
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