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O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
American (b. Ireland, 1840-1882)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Sand Dunes near Sand Springs, Nevada
PUBLISHED TITLE: Sand Dunes, Carson Desert, Nevada

1867
albumen print
19.8 x 26.9 cm.
Gift of Harvard University
GEH NEGS: 15404 21811 6863
81:1886:0027

OLD GEH NUMBER: 8269-148
NON-GEH NUMBER: plate 77

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Horan, James D. --Timothy O'Sullivan: America's Forgotten Photographer.-- New York: Doubleday & Co., 1966. p. 169.//
Newhall, Beaumont & Nancy. --Timothy H. O'Sullivan.-- George Eastman House, 1966. pl. 20.//
Snyder, Joel. --American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan 1867-1874.-- Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. p. 63.//
Dingus, Rick. --The Photographic Artifacts of Timothy O'Sullivan.-- Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982. fig. 81.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"T.H. O'Sullivan Photographer", US, NY, Rochester, GEH -, 1966.//
"American Photography", US, NY, Hempstead, Hofstra University, 1972.//
"The Documentary Photograph as a Work of Art: American Photographs, 1860-1876", US, IL, Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chic October 13 - December 12, 1976.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 25, 1991 - March 22, 1992.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto (printed) "U.S. Engineer Department. Geological Exploration, Fortieth Parallel. T.H. O'Sullivan, Photographer." (in pencil) "Sand Dunes near Sand Springs, Nevada"

NOTES: Catalogued 8/88, SB, updated 10/90, DZ, updated 11/90, MMC. (Library of Congress, vol. III, 41) (War Department, vol. III, 160)

SUBJECTS:
landscape, dune
transportation, horse drawn

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