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Pirkle Jones

Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco,

Maker

  • Pirkle Jones

Title

Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gelatin silver print

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 24.6 x 33.5 cm (9 11/16 x 13 3/16 inches); Sheet: 40.7 x 50.7 cm (16 x 19 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription: On verso of mat, adhered typewritten paper: Center "Pacific Ocean, Sunset District,/ San Francisco, 1951"

Inscription: On verso of mat, rubber stamped ink: Center "PIRKLE JONES/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 2279- 40th AVENUE/ SAN FRANCISCO 16, CALIF."

Inscription: On verso of mat, in rubber stamped ink: Center "PIRKLE JONES/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 663 LOVELL AVE./ MILL VALLEY, CALIF. 94941"

Signature: On verso of mat, in ink: Center "[signed] Pirkle Jones"

Inscription: On verso of mat, rubber stamped in ink: LL [inside a rectangle] "PHOTOGRAPH/ FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE/ ROBERT K. BYERS AND DOROTHY J. BYERS/ 1969 TRUST/ CARMEL VALLEY, CA 93924/ ACQUIRED FROM THE ARTIST/ PRINT NUMBER"; handwritten in ink "DJ- 1"

Inscription: On verso of mat, in graphite: LR "47-0110"; LR corner "5"

Type

  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Smith Glasson in honor of Tsugumi Maki's appointment as RISD Museum Director

Object Number

2024.66.2

Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco

Inscription: On verso of mat, adhered typewritten paper: Center "Pacific Ocean, Sunset District,/ San Francisco, 1951"

Inscription: On verso of mat, rubber stamped ink: Center "PIRKLE JONES/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 2279- 40th AVENUE/ SAN FRANCISCO 16, CALIF."

Inscription: On verso of mat, in rubber stamped ink: Center "PIRKLE JONES/ PHOTOGRAPHER/ 663 LOVELL AVE./ MILL VALLEY, CALIF. 94941"

Signature: On verso of mat, in ink: Center "[signed] Pirkle Jones"

Inscription: On verso of mat, rubber stamped in ink: LL [inside a rectangle] "PHOTOGRAPH/ FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE/ ROBERT K. BYERS AND DOROTHY J. BYERS/ 1969 TRUST/ CARMEL VALLEY, CA 93924/ ACQUIRED FROM THE ARTIST/ PRINT NUMBER"; handwritten in ink "DJ- 1"

Inscription: On verso of mat, in graphite: LR "47-0110"; LR corner "5"

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco with the accession number of 2024.66.2. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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