Museum Project Photograph Collection: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti.
Photo Archives
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Museum Project Photograph Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1970-2013
Collection Number: photCL 538
Extent: 19 photographs in 1 box
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains 19 photographic prints by eight American photographers that were selected by The Huntington Library Curator of Photographs in 2013 and donated by the artists as part of the Museum Project. The images themselves date from 1970 to 2013, with the prints primarily made in 2012 and 2013, and include a variety of still-life subjects, portraits, and landscapes primarily related to California and the American West.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on April 10, 2014.

Access

The prints are housed in cold storage and advance arrangements for viewing the prints must be made with the Curator of Photographs.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

Administrative Information

Publication Rights

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred Citation

Museum Project Photograph Collection. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Gift of the artists represented in the collection in 2013-2014; the photographs by Todd Walker were donated by his daughter Melanie Walker.

Historical Note

The Museum Project is a philanthropic association of American photographers established in 2012 by California photographers Robert von Sternberg and Darryl Curran with the goal of expressing gratitude towards institutions that support the photographic art form. Through the project, participating artists, or their representatives, donate vintage and contemporary prints of their work to select museum collections.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 19 photographic prints by eight American photographers that were selected by Jennifer Watts, The Huntington Library Curator of Photographs, in 2013 and donated by the artists as part of the Museum Project. The images themselves date from 1970 to 2013, with the prints primarily made in 2012 and 2013, and include a variety of still-life subjects, portraits, and landscapes primarily related to California and the American West.
The set includes 1 photograph by Laurie Brown; 3 photographs by Darryl Curran, printed by Nash Editions; 1 photograph by Robert W. Fichter; 2 photographs by Betty Hahn; 2 photographs by Jane O'Neal; 1 photograph by Kenda North; 6 photographs by Robert von Sternberg; and 3 photographs by Todd Walker (1917-1998). The images are primarily printed with inkjet color, though the two items by Betty Hahn are gum bichromate images.

Arrangement

Items are grouped by photographer and arranged numerically by item call number.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

Nudes -- Photographs.
Swimming pools -- Photographs.
Henderson (Nev.) -- Photographs.
Malibu (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Morro Bay (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Newport Beach (Calif.) -- Photographs.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Santa Monica (Calif.) -- Photographs.
Yellowstone National Park -- Photographs.

Form/Genres

Gum bichromate prints.
Photographs.
Still lifes.

Additional Authors

Brown, Laurie, 1937-, photographer.
Curran, Darryl, 1935-, photographer.
Fichter, Robert, 1939-, photographer.
Hahn, Betty, 1940-, photographer.
Nash Editions, printer.
North, Kenda, photographer.
O'Neal, Jane, 1945-, photographer.
Walker, Todd, photographer.
von Sternberg, Robert, 1939-, photographer.


Box 1

Photographs

 

Darryl Curran photographs, 1995-1996; printed 2012-2013

Physical Description: 3 photographs
Box 1, Item 1

Five Squash Blossoms, 1996; printed 2012

Physical Description: 1 photograph : inkjet color print ; image 18 x 11 3/4 in., sheet 20 x 14 in.

Printed by Nash Editions.
Box 1, Item 2

Tea Cup, 1995; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : inkjet color print ; image 17 1/2 x 12 in., sheet 20 x 14 in.

Printed by Nash Editions.
Box 1, Item 3

Three Red Seeds, One Red "S", 1995; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : inkjet color print ; image 17 1/2 x 12 in., sheet 20 x 14 in.

Printed by Nash Editions.
 

Robert W. Fichter photographs, 2011

Physical Description: 1 photograph
Box 1, Item 4

DC's prints on porch, 2011

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 5 ¾ x 14 in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Platine Fibre Rag with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
 

Jane O'Neal photographs, 2008 and undated; printed 2013

Physical Description: 2 photographs
Box 1, Item 5

Orchid Cactus Flower, undated; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 18 x 11 in., sheet 21 x 17 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box 1, Item 6

Dead Apple Cactus Flower, 2008; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 16 3/8 x 12 in., sheet 21 7/8 x 17 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
 

Betty Hahn photographs, 1971

Physical Description: 2 photographs
Box  1, Item 7

Purple Onions, 1971

Physical Description: 1 photograph : gum bichromate image ; image 2 x 2 in., sheet 10 x 7 1/2 in., mount 12 x 10 in.

Printed on Rives paper stock.
Box 1, Item 8

Grapefruit II, 1971

Physical Description: 1 photograph : gum bichromate image ; 2 x 2 in., sheet 10 x 8 in., mount 12 x 10 in.

Printed on Rives paper stock.
 

Laurie Brown photographs, 1998; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph
Box 1, Item 9

Vacant Highway, Henderson, Nevada,1998; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival lightjet color print ; image 6 ½ x 20 in., sheet 8 1/2 x 22 in.
 

Kenda North photographs, 2012; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph
Box 1, Item 10

Submerged Bliss, 2012; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 13 1/3 x 20 in., sheet 17 x 22 in.

Printed on Hahnemuhle William Turner paper with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inkset.
 

Robert von Sternberg photographs, 1970-2013; printed 2013

Physical Description: 6 photographs
Box 1, Item 11

Rockview Trailer Park, Morro Bay, 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 11 x 16 ½ in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box 1, Item 12

Nobu, Malibu, 2012; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 11 x 16 ½ in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box  1, Item 13

Post Street, San Francisco, 2012; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 11 x 16 ½ in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box 1, Item  14

Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, 2006; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet color print ; image 11 x 16 ½ in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box 1, Item 15

Newport Beach, California, 1970; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet black-and-white print ; image 11 x 16 ½ in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
Box 1, Item 16

Palisades Park, Santa Monica, 1975; printed 2013

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival inkjet black-and-white print ; image 9 3/8 x 12 in., sheet 13 x 19 in.

Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique with Epson K3 Ultrachrome inks.
 

Todd Walker photographs, 1970-1984

Physical Description: 3 photographs
Box 1, Item 17

Untitled (Donna), 1970

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival multilith lithographic black-and-white print ; image 8 1/2 x 6 5/8 in., sheet 11 1/2 x 8 2/3 in.

Print derived from black and white film negative (L70).
Box 1, Item 18

Teresa, chair, 1981

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival multilith lithographic color print ; image 7 5/8 x 10.5 in, sheet 11.5 x 17.5 in.

Print derived from black and white film negative (L156).
Box 1, Item 19

Sunset, Arizona, 1984

Physical Description: 1 photograph : archival multilith lithographic color print ; image 8 x 11 in., sheet 11.5 x 17.5 in.

Print derived from black and white film negative (L215).