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Call Number:

PH-01042

Collection Name:

Barbara Crane Photography Collection

Creator:

Crane, Barbara (1928 - 2019)

No. of Items:

41 photographs

Span Dates:

1983-1988

Description:

The collection consists of forty-one photographs by Barbara Crane (American, 1928-2019). Item-level information follows.

988:0060:0001 -- Visions of Enarc, from the series Visions of Enarc, 1983, printed 1987. Polychrome transparency printed on Polaroid ER material, 61 x 45.1 cm (24 x 17 3/4 inches) (image); 77.3 x 55.8 cm (30 7/16 x 22 inches) (sheet);

988:0060:0002 -- Visions of Enarc II, from the series Visions of Enarc, 1983 printed 1988. Polychrome transparency printed on Polaroid 668 material and transferred to 100% rag paper, 9.7 x 7.7 cm (3 13/16 x 3 inches) (image); 19.5 x 19.2 cm (7 11/16 x 7 9/16 inches) (mount);

988:0060:0003 -- Experimental print of abstract shapes and flower blossoms, 1988 or earlier. Polaroid transfer print, 23.9 x 18.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches) (image); 30 x 29 cm (11 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches) (mount).

2020:0004:0001-0007 -- Seven untitled gelatin silver prints from the series People of the North Portal, 1970-1971.

2020:0005:0001 -- One untitled gelatin silver print from the series People of the North Portal, 1970-1971.

2021:0014:0001-0030 -- Gelatin silver prints.

Accession No(s):

2020:0004:0001-0007 -- Purchase, 2020 (20-08-010-P); 988:0060:0001 -- Gift, 1988; 988:0060:0001-0002 -- Purchase, 1988 (R 11466); Suggested matting notes by Crane on her own letterhead, 1p.

Location(s):

TBD (2020:0004:0002-0003, 0005, 0007; 2021:0014:0019)
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Photo Coll. Manuscript Materials Box 1 (mounting instructions for 988:0060:0001)
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4 osb (Boxes 1-4)
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C Box, Small (988:0060:0002)
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C Box, Medium (988:0060:0003)
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Flat File (2021:0014:0013, 0015-0018, 0020-0022)
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Flat File (988:0060:0001)
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See Also:

Graduate Photography Portfolio: Portfolio includes one print by Crane.