James Craig Annan

Description: Annan, James Craig 1864 Hamilton (Schottland) - 1946 Glenbank, Lenzie (England) "Stirling Castle". 1907. Photogravüre. Passepartout. Rahmen. Aus Camera Work 19, 1907. 15 x 21,7cm Sehr guter Zustand. Im Rahmen beschrieben. Publiziert in: Alfred Stieglitz. Camera Work. The Complete Illustrations 1903-1917. Köln, Taschen, 1997. Abb. S. 360 . Estimate: €700 - €900

James Craig Annan (Scottish, 1864-1946) Harlech Castle, 1909 Photogravure, signed in pencil in the margin. Paper 31.5 x 45cm (12 3/8 x 17 11/16in), image 22.5 x 32cm (8 7/8 x 12 5/8in). Literature: Buchanan, W., The Art of the Photographer: J. Craig Annan, 1864-1946 (Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1992), plate 24

JAMES CRAIG ANNAN (1864-1946) Spain, Tangier and Cairo, 1910s-20s 4 photogravures 3 signed, 2 titled, 2 dated and another inscribed in pencil inmargins; the fourth credited, titled and dated in unknown hand inpencil on mount varying sizes from 4 x 7¾in. (10.2 x 19.7cm.) to 7¾ x 5½in. (19.5 x14.6cm.) or reverse (4)

James Craig Annan 'ox wagon at segovia', 1913 Photogravure on Tissue, mounted on paper, signed and titled by the photographer in pencil in the margin below image, 145 by 172mm (image size) James Craig Annan brought the art of photogravure to its highest levels of achievement. This print combines the tonal subtleties of this process with the drama of a shrewdly observed and framed moment, caught spontaneously. Provenance: Anderson and Hershkowitz, London, 1977. Literature: Another print of this image illustrated: John Taylor, Pictorial Photography in Britain 1900-1920, London, 1978, pl. 19, p. 52; William Buchanan, The Art of the Photographer J. Craig Annan 1864-1946, National Galleries of Scotland, 1992, pl. 28. The author confirms that it was made on a trip to Spain in 1913 with fellow artist William Strang.