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  • Access
  • Administrative Information
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing Terms

  • 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.