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Peter Henry Emerson — Osier-Peeling (Norfolk)
Peter Henry Emerson

Osier-Peeling (Norfolk)

1883

Workers strip bark from willow branches in Emerson's intimate study of traditional East Anglian crafts, part of his influential campaign to elevate photography to fine art status through careful composition and printing techniques.

Medium
Photogravure, pl. XIV from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)

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Peter Henry Emerson, Osier-Peeling (Norfolk), 1883

Workers strip bark from willow branches in Emerson's intimate study of traditional East Anglian crafts, part of his influential campaign to elevate photography to fine art status through careful composition and printing techniques.

Medium
Photogravure, pl. XIV from the album "Pictures of East Anglian Life" (1888)
Year
1883
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, Photograph, Labor, Late 19th Century, Nature, Photogravure, British, Rural, Norfolk

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art