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Image Not Available for Beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from its south rim, Black Mesa in the distance, Colorado
Beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from its south rim, Black Mesa in the distance, Colorado
Image Not Available for Beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from its south rim, Black Mesa in the distance, Colorado

Beginning of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from its south rim, Black Mesa in the distance, Colorado

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateMarch 5, 1997
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.57
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 716"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Beginning of the Black Canyon / of the Gunnison from its / South Rim, Black Mesa in the / Distance / March 5, 1997 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "XII 57"; On plate verso, right edge, in pencil: "716"; On plate verso, left edge, in pencil: "3/3 8+16"
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of winding body of water traveling at base of two moutains; a road appears near the horizon below a snow covered mountain.
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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