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A Canal Rotterdam Coburn, Alvin Langdon (American, 1882-1966)

Title
A Canal Rotterdam
Artist
Coburn, Alvin Langdon (American, 1882-1966)Key Figure
Date
1908
Process
Photogravure
Atelier
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Image Size
30 x 39 cm

One of six large format gravures published by Coburn at his press, Thameside.

Reproduced / Exhibited

Gernsheim, Helmut. Creative Photography. Aesthetic Trends 1839-1960. [with Illustrations.]. London: Faber & Faber, 1962. p. 146.

Alison Gernsheim, and Helmut Gernsheim. Alvin Langdon Coburn, Photographer: an Autobiography: Edited by Helmut & Alison Gernsheim. London: Faber, 1966. no. 41.

Collections: Ackland Art Museum, NC

MOMA Object number 321.1978

MET Accession Number: 60.649.3

Nelson Atkins Object number: 2005.27.1219