Exploring photohistory it becomes ever clearer that the study of the single subject over time reveals an enormous amount about trends and major movements. Here are some apple trees to ponder... ===== A. Giraudon Apple tree study 1875 (ca) Albumen print 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 Charles Nes Photography LLC New York - Paris LL/5745 ===== Eugène Atget Apple Tree 1900 Matte albumen silver print 23.1 x 18 cm National Gallery of Canada Courtesy of the National Gallery of Canada (no. 21231), Purchased 1974 LL/6695 ===== William B. Post Apple Trees in Blossom 1897 Platinum print 19.1 x 23.8 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in) American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian American Art Museum, museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment. LL/7601 ===== Eliot Porter Frostbitten Apples, Tesuque, New Mexico, November 21 1966 (taken) 1979 (print) Dye transfer print h: 11 x w: 14 in / h: 27.9 x w: 35.6 cm (image) 23 x 17 in (mount) Etherton Gallery © 1990 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas LL/22195 ===== Ruth Bernhard Apple Tree 1970 (taken) 1970s (print) Silver print 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 ins (26 x 34 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 499) LL/57064
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