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Call Number:

PH-00018

Collection Name:

Alvin Langdon Coburn Photography Collection

Creator:

Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)

No. of Items:

6 boxes (58 items)

Span Dates:

1904-circa 1950, undated

Description:

The collection consists of 58 photographs (photogravures and gelatin silver prints) by Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, 1882-1966). Included are 34 proof copies of photogravures (complete set, including 1 duplicate) for Men of Mark (New York: M. Kennerley, 1913) (964:0065:0001-0034). For a detailed inventory of works, please consult the finding aid.

Accession No(s):

964:0065:0001-0034 ;964:0428:0001-0006 ; 964:0429:0001-0008 ; 964:0430:0001 ; 964:0431:0001 ; 966:0002:0001-0008.; Gernsheim Collection.

Finding Aid URL:

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00260

Location(s):

Coburn, A.L., Box 6 (964:0429:0007-0008)
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Coburn, A.L., Box 1 (964:0065:0001-0010)
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Coburn, A.L., Box 2 (964:0065:0011-0022)
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Coburn, A.L., Box 3 (964:0065:0023-0034)
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Coburn, A.L., Box 4 (964:0428:0001-0006; 964:0429:0001-0002; 964:0431:0001)
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Coburn, A.L., Box 5 (964:0430:0001; 964:0429:0003-0006; 966:0002:0001-0008)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	Bavarian Cloudscape
Date	1908
Accession Number	5035676

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	Henry James
Date	1906
Medium	Photogravure
Dimensions	print: 21.6 x 17.5 cm; 8 1/2 x 6 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0065:0010

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	Theodore Roosevelt
Date	1907
Medium	Photogravure
Dimensions	print: 21.8 x 17.5 cm; 8 3/5 x 6 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0065:0014

Artist/Maker	unidentified photographer
Title	Alvin Langdon Coburn
Date	circa 1950
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	16.4 x 12 cm; 6 1/2 x 4 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0428:0006

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria
Date	1908
Medium	Photogravure
Dimensions	38.4 x 29.5 cm; 15 1/10 x 11 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0429:0004

Artist/Maker	Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882 - 1966)
Title	St. Paul's Cathedral
Date	1908
Medium	Photogravure
Dimensions	40.8 x 30.4 cm; 16 1/10 x 12 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0429:0007

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See Also:

London (London: private printing, 1914). DA 684 C5 1914 HRC-P

A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs [cop.2]: f TR 140 C56 A3 HRC-P

Men of Mark: q N 7627 C6 HRC-P

More Men of Mark: q N 7627 C7 HRC-P

Literary Files Photography Collection: Emil Coue (P1); William Henry Davies (P1); Anatole France (P2); David Lloyd George (P1); Thomas Hardy (P12); Maurice Hewlett (P39); Micha Itow (P1); Holbrook Jackson (P7)

Camera Work: q TR 1 C5 HRC-P issues: 1903 no. 3 (1 print), 1904 no. 6 (6 prints), 1904 no. 8 (1 print), 1906 no. 15 (5 prints), 1908 no. 21 (5 prints)

New York: f F 128.5 C65 HRC-P