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Currecanti Needle, Black Cañon of the Gunnison [Colorado]
Currecanti Needle, Black Cañon of the Gunnison [Colorado]

Currecanti Needle, Black Cañon of the Gunnison [Colorado]

Date1879-94
Maker William Henry Jackson born Keeseville, New York, 1843; died New York City, 1942
Object number86.17
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no. (no object number). Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The American Landscape's 'Quieter Spirit': Early Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church. June 25 - Oct. 16, 2005. Text by Patricia Junker. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Beauty and Bounty: American Art in the Age of Exploration, June 30, 2011 - Sept. 11, 2011. No catalogue.Published ReferencesSlemmons, Rod. Photography in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1990; cat. no. 1, pp. 7-9, reproduced on cover.
Credit LineGift of Dr. R. Doan
Dimensions21 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (54 x 42.5 cm)
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass plate negative
Williams Cañon [Colorado]
William Henry Jackson
ca. 1880
Object number: 86.8
Royal Gorge, Grand Cañon of the Arkansas [Colorado]
William Henry Jackson
ca. late 1870s-early 1880s
Object number: 86.12
Hanging Rock, Clear Creek Cañon, [Colorado]
William Henry Jackson
ca. 1885
Object number: 86.13
The Loop Near Chattanooga [Colorado]—Ouray and Silverton Railroad
William Henry Jackson
ca. late 1870s-early 1880s
Object number: 86.6
Sierra Blanca [from Garland, Colorado]
William Henry Jackson
ca. late 1870s-early 1880s
Object number: 86.15
Hell-Gate, Colorado Midland Railroad
William Henry Jackson
ca. 1888
Object number: 86.16
Minerva Terrace
William Henry Jackson
ca. late 1870s-early 1880s
Object number: 86.11
Chattanooga [Colorado]—Ouray & Silverton Railroad
William Henry Jackson
ca. late 1870s-early 1880s
Object number: 86.9
Bear Creek Falls Near Ouray
William Henry Jackson
ca. 1889
Object number: 86.10