Hudson River Pier, New York
Photograph
ca. 1914 (photographed), 1983 (printed and published)
ca. 1914 (photographed), 1983 (printed and published)
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A black and white photograph showing a man, wearing a broad brimmed hat, walking out of a corrugated-metal warehouse. Above the opening to the warehouse the corrugated metal is emblazoned 'NO SMOKING'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand-pulled dust grain photogravure made by the Talbot-Klic photogravure process printed onto Lana Gravure paper |
| Brief description | Photograph by Paul Strand, 'Hudson River Pier, New York', from the portfolio 'Paul Strand the Formative Years, 1914-1917', a portfolio of ten hand-pulled dust grain photogravures printed by Jon Goodman, published by the Silver Mountain Foundation with an introduction by Ben Lifson, USA, 1983, photographed ca. 1914 |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph showing a man, wearing a broad brimmed hat, walking out of a corrugated-metal warehouse. Above the opening to the warehouse the corrugated metal is emblazoned 'NO SMOKING'. |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund |
| Production | The film positives were made from enlarged internegatives made by Paul Strand between 1916 and 1917 from his original negatives of 1914-16. The plates were made by Jon Goodman and printed under his supervision at Atelier de Taille Douce, Saint-Preux, Switzerland and at the Photogravure workshop, Millerton, New York, on Lana Gravure paper from the Papeteries de Lana, Docelles, France. |
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| Accession number | RPS.3172:8-2018 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2018 |
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