Alen MacWeeney photographs, 1962-1986, bulk 1965
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Summary
- Creator:
- Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University)
- Abstract:
- Collection comprises fourteen black-and-white inkjet prints of photographs taken in Ireland by Alen MacWeeney, chiefly in 1965. Locations include counties Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, and Sligo, and the city of Dublin. Portraits of individuals and families, as well as some of animals, coexist with depopulated, dramatic landscapes. The prints measure 13x18 inches. A photobook titled UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2011) which includes these images along with others, accompanied by excerpts of poetry by William B. Yeats, is also held by the Rubenstein Library. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
- Extent:
- .5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11648
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises fourteen black-and-white inkjet prints of photographs taken in Ireland by Alen MacWeeney, chiefly in 1965. Locations include counties Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, and Sligo, and the city of Dublin. Portraits of individuals, including an old man in a field, a Benedictine monk, a woman in a doorway, and a farming family, coexist with depopulated, dramatic landscapes.
The black-and-white inkjet prints are printed on uncoated textured art paper, and measure 13x18 inches. Image sizes range from 6 1/8 x 10 1/4 to 11 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.
A photobook titled UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2011) which includes these images and others, accompanied by excerpts of poetry by William B. Yeats, is also held by the Rubenstein Library.
Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1939, Alen MacWeeney began his career in Paris at twenty, as Richard Avedon's assistant. His work has appeared in many magazines and photography publications, and is in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the George Eastman House, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and others.
- Acquisition information:
- The Alen MacWeeney photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2015.
- Processing information:
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Processed and encoded by Paula Jeannet, July 2018.
Accession(s) represented in this collection guide: 2016-0034.
- Physical facet:
- 14 prints
- Dimensions:
- The prints all measure approximately 13x18 inches; image sizes vary and are given in the inventory. All sizes given are rounded up to the nearest 1/8 of an inch.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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