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A color photograph of a iridescent blue bird with an orange and yellow beak, wings outstretched, in green foliage.
A color photograph of a iridescent blue bird with an orange and yellow beak, wings outstretched, in green foliage.

Purple Gallinule, Everglades National Park, Florida, March 2, 1954 [Porphyrula martinica]

Eliot Porter (1901-1990)

Object Details

  • Date

    1954

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Dye imbibition print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 8 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.
    Mount: 15 x 17 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, Verso:

    u.l. [stamp]: PHOTOGRAPH \ By \ ELIOT PORTER \ No. [in ink]: 7-2-3-19 \ [stamp]: Title [in ink]: Purple Gallinule

    c. [stamp]: PHOTOGRAPH \ BY \ ELIOT PORTER

  • Collection Name

    Eliot Porter Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist

  • Accession Number

    P1990.52.63

  • Copyright

    © 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Additional details

Location: Off view
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