Drawing Water from a Well (O.G. Rejlander and model)
Artist
Oscar Gustav Rejlander
(English, born Sweden, 1813 - 1875)
Dateca. 1858
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 15/16 × 6 1/2 inches (20.16 × 16.51 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 5/16 inches (35.72 × 28.73 cm)
Mount: 14 1/16 × 11 5/16 inches (35.72 × 28.73 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.357
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "X 5v" / "m [circled]";
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "HF.829.001.05"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man wearing a flat brimmed hat and holding a pump handle; a woman stands nearby and fills a metal pail.Gallery LabelOscar Rejlander occasionally cast himself in staged photographs like this one, which was made to appear like a candid image of ordinary people going about their daily lives. Here he poses, turned away from the camera, as though he is helping a peasant woman retrieve water from a well. These kinds of genre scenes were immensely popular in the 1800s across painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography. Rejlander passionately advocated for photography to be treated as a fine art, believing that it must emulate painting.
Sotheby's, London, Photographs, Sale 5431, November 15, 2005, Lot 163;
Purchased from Sotheby's by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2005;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Purchased from Sotheby's by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 2005;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
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