2 ELIOT PORTER River reflection color Glen Canyon

2 ELIOT PORTER River reflection color Glen Canyon
1. ELIOT PORTER River Edge at Sunset, Below Piute Rapids, San Juan River, Colorado, May 24, 1962, Color Dye Transfer Print 13.6x10.6" mounted on 23x17" 4 ply rag board, ASG# EP/1352 signed on mount pencil below print right, verso has Intimate Landscapes Portfolio Stamp, Daniel Wolf Press 1979 unnumbered from an edition of 250

2. ELIOT PORTER Reflections in Pool, Escalante Creek, Glen Canyon, Utah, September 22, 1965, Color Dye Transfer Print 14x11.3" on ASG# EP/1359 signed on mount pencil below print right, verso has Glen Canyon Portfolio Stamp, Daniel Wolf Press 1980 unnumbered from an edition of 250

Eliot Porter's color prints were the highlight of dye transfer printmaking with examples such as these two Colorado River Reflection scenes by the father of color nature photography in America.

Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was born in Winnetka, Illinois in 1901 to a prosperous family. After earning degrees in chemical engineering and medicine, he spent a decade working as a scientist and teacher. In 1938, Stieglitz gave Porter a solo show at his influential New York art gallery, An American Place. That significant event inspired Porter to make photography his profession. In 1939, he switched to color photographic materials, mastering the delicate multi-step printing techniques. In the 1960s, he began a long-term collaboration with the Sierra Club to produce books focusing on the preservation of natural resources. His first book, In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World(1962),The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado(1963), spurred federal reclamation of Western rivers, which ultimately led to passage of the Wilderness Act. In his lifetime, Porter produced twenty-five books, including one that he worked on for much of his life, Birds of North America: A Personal Selection (1972). Credit J. Paul Getty Museum
Condition: Excellent Overall. Minor wear, good mount, tape residue on mount front top across mount