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Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp

Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp

Frederic Edwin Church · 1895

Tidal Marsh, Mount Desert Island, Maine, August 4, 1965, from the portfolio In Wildness

Tidal Marsh, Mount Desert Island, Maine, August 4, 1965, from the portfolio In Wildness

Eliot Porter · 1981

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Placeholder narrative. These works — Mount Katahdin from Millinocket Camp (Frederic Edwin Church, 1895); Tidal Marsh, Mount Desert Island, Maine, August 4, 1965, from the portfolio In Wildness (Eliot Porter, 1981) — have been pulled from different rooms of the Portland Museum of Art so the visitor can read them against one another. Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and re-run `python scripts/generate_compare.py 1998.96 2014.15.4` to replace this with a curator-grade essay grounded only in the cataloged metadata.

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TitleMount Katahdin from Millinocket CampTidal Marsh, Mount Desert Island, Maine, August 4, 1965, from the portfolio In Wildness
ArtistFrederic Edwin ChurchEliot Porter
Year18951981
Mediumoil on canvasdye transfer print
Dimensions26 1/2 x 42 1/4 inches16 x 12 1/8 inches
CategoryAmerican ArtPhotography
Accession1998.962014.15.4
Credit lineGift of Owen W. and Anna H. Wells in memory of Elizabeth B. NoyceGift of Owen W. and Anna H. Wells
Dominant color#2a1911(orange)#141d1f(teal)

Span: 18951981 · 2 works · share via ?ids=1998.96,2014.15.4