Cliff, Moonlight Creek, San Juan River, May 23, 1962 from "Glen Canyon" Portfolio
Object Detail
Artist
Date
1962
1980
1980
Media
Dye transfer print
Measurements
Image: 16 x 12 7/16 inches
Sheet: 24 x 20 inches
Sheet: 24 x 20 inches
Classification
Subject Category
Landscape
Credit Line
Museum purchase with support from Friends of the Farnsworth Collection, 2017.19.2
Accession No
2017.19.2
Context
In collaboration with the Sierra Club, Porter’s photographs of a trip down the Colorado River through Glen Canyon were compiled as "The Place No One Knew". Copies were sent to President Johnson, Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall, and every member of Congress, with a plea not to implement the Glen Canyon Dam and thereby inundate the canyon. The book was unsuccessful in stopping the dam, but its publication prompted public and government support for limiting future dam construction on western rivers.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Featured in “Maine and American Art: Farnsworth Art Museum” with thanks to the Henry Luce Foundation and Wyeth Foundation for American Art.