Obsidian hill, Mono Lake, California
Artist
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
(American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882)
Date1868
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (19.69 x 26.99 cm)
Mat (exhibition): 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Framed: 23 3/8 × 27 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (59.37 × 69.85 × 4.13 cm)
Mat (exhibition): 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Framed: 23 3/8 × 27 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches (59.37 × 69.85 × 4.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3293
InscribedNumbered
"23"
In Negative
[in white]
Numbered
"23"
On Mount
Pencil
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Timothy 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. 40.
Obsidian, or volcanic glass, is something of a geological rarity-a result of the extrusion and cooling of a specific kind of lava. American Indians valued obsidian, which can be chipped and polished to form very hard and sharp edges, for knives and arrowheads.
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