Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, California
1871
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 40.2 × 52.4 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-865273
In this highly detailed overview, Carleton Watkins looked down upon a hydraulic mining operation and recorded the early intrusion of industry upon the landscape. A layered, dense forest surrounds the mine, which recedes into the background, subordinated to the stripped and littered foreground. A diagonal pipe, ferrying precious resources to an unseen destination, bisects the bleak clearing. A lone building in the upper left center peeks out from a crevice, giving a sense of scale. Watkins's lens, encompassing a vast depth of field, sharply drew each stone and pebble in the mine, each striation of rock.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1871 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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