Day, F. Holland
American (1864-1933)

TITLE ON OBJECT: "I thirst."
SERIES TITLE: "The Seven Last Words."

1898 / platinum print by Frederick H. Evans from copy negative, 1912
platinum print
20.1 x 15.1 cm.
Museum purchase
GEH NEG: 17979
73:0027:0005

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Naef, Weston J. --Collection of Alfred Stieglitz.-- New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Viking Press, 1978.//
Jussim, Estelle. --Slave to Beauty: The Eccentric Life and Controversial Career of F. Holland Day - Photographer, Publisher, Aesthete.-- Boston: David R. Godine, 1981. pls. 19-25.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 207.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 398.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//

INSCRIPTION: mount recto-(below image) (left, in pencil) "5" (center, handwritten in ink) ""I thirst!" verso-(signed in pencil) "FHE"

FRAME: original mount

NOTES: Catalogued by R. Sobieszek/KC, 3/85.

SUBJECTS:
personage, photographer / Day, F. Holland
allegory, religious