Untitled from Falling House and Barn series

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Untitled from Falling House and Barn series
Untitled from Falling House and Barn series
Artist/Maker (American, 1901 - 1994)
Datec. 1931
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsComposition: 4 3/4 × 6 1/2 in. (12.1 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (12.2 × 17.1 cm) Frame: 11 1/8 × 13 1/16 × 1 5/8 in. (28.3 × 33.2 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward W. Root, W1905, P1944, H1952
Object number1969.2.4
Not on view
Description“Here is a continuous ‘movie’ that I made of the old farmhouse and barn which still stood, in the early thirties, just beneath the high point about 3 miles west of the College, that we local people call ‘Prospect.’ The barn fell before the house did, but in the end the house fell too, and I went up in the following Spring and made the last picture.” (SOURCE: “Photographs by Silvia Saunders,” exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: The Edward W. Root Art Center, 1966).

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Falling House and Barn #4
Exhibition History Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Photographs by Silvia Saunders," June 21 - September 16, 2007 (no cat.).

Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Affinity Atlas," October 6, 2012 - April 7, 2013 (brochure).
Provenance 1969: Hamilton College by gift of Mrs. Edward W. [Grace C.] Root
Markings Ink stamp [black] on verso at lower right: 36
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: Falling House and Barn, / #4
Untitled from Falling House and Barn series
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.2.1
Photo by Dave Revette.
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Object number: 1969.2.9
Photo by Dave Revette.
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.2.5
Photo by Dave Revette.
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Object number: 1969.2.6
Untitled from Falling House and Barn series
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1931
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Object number: 1969.2.2
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Silvia Saunders
Date: unknown
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.12.4
Photograph by John Bentham.
Silvia Saunders
Date: 1933
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.11.5
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William E. Williams
Date: 1986, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2009.2.1
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William E. Williams
Date: 2001, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Renée Stout
Date: 2008-10
Medium: Acrylic, latex paint, spray paint, plastic rhinestones, wood, glass, metal, varnish, collage, and found objects
Object number: 2016.2
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Rhona Bitner
Date: October 29, 2008 (printed 2013)
Medium: Chromogenic print mounted on aluminum
Object number: 2014.3.1