Accession Number
1983/1.287

Title
Northwest Native

Artist(s)
Imogen Cunningham

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1934; printed later

Medium & Support
gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions
16 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in (41.6 cm x 33.7 cm);22 1/4 in x 18 3/16 in (56.52 cm x 46.2 cm);13 11/16 in x 10 11/16 in (34.7 cm x 27.1 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection

Subject matter
Imogen Cunningham began photographing at age 18 after seeing Gertrude Käsebier’s work. Throughout her career, she photographed a diverse range of subjects, including nudes, botanical photographs, street photography, and freelance work for Vanity Fair. Around 1920, Cunningham relocated to San Francisco and began working on her botanical photographs, focusing on producing studies of the magnolia between 1923 and 1925. This photograph was taken after Cunningham co-founded f/64, and departs from her earlier abstract, formal work.

Physical Description
A photograph of a man resting on two large fallen trees. He has a large moustache and wears a casual suit and a hat. 

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
barns
bowler
buildings
clothing
fences
fences (site elements)
hats
hills
men (male humans)
modern and contemporary art
seated
sitting
walking sticks
walrus moustaches
wood