Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012940Chateau Montesquieu
About the Artwork
Frederick H. Evans is recognized as the foremost architectural photographer of his day. A vocal defender of "straight" or unmanipulated photography, Evans was obsessed with technical and aesthetic perfection and never touched up his negatives or prints. His use of the platinum print process enabled him to render fine, accurate detail and an exquisite range of tones. Chateau Montesquieu depicts one of many great buildings the artist documented in France.
Inscriptions
Written in pencil on recto of mount: "Chateau Montesquieu FHE"
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- platinum print
- Dimensions
- Image: 15.4 x 8.7 cm (6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 30.6 cm (14 x 12 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Accession no.
- 1987.26
More by Frederick H. Evans in museum collections
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