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Christopher Grant La Farge

Wesquage Beach Inlet, ca. 1900

Description

Maker

  • Christopher Grant La Farge, 1862-1938, American

Title

Wesquage Beach Inlet

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

platinum print on gray mount

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • platinum print

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 11.5 x 15.9 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Muriel A. La Farge

Object Number

2002.98.24

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

America in View

September 21, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Christopher Grant La Farge grew up in Newport, Rhode Island, where his father, the American painter, decorative artist, and writer John La Farge, came to study. Although Christopher was a noted New York–based architect, he made many photographs in Rhode Island, including those on view here. Little is known about his work as a photographer, but his gray mats with their historic hanging devices on the reverse suggest he exhibited in his lifetime. The strong contrasts of light and shadow and complex compositions indicate both his deep knowledge of art and a familiarity with the evocative landscapes and aesthetic theories of Pictorialist photographers.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Wesquage Beach Inlet with the accession number of 2002.98.24. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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