Lot 187: James Craig Annan

James Craig Annan
'ox wagon at segovia', 1913
Photogravure on Tissue, mounted on paper, signed and titled by the photographer in pencil in the margin below image,
145 by 172mm (image size)
James Craig Annan brought the art of photogravure to its highest levels of achievement. This print combines the tonal subtleties of this process with the drama of a shrewdly observed and framed moment, caught spontaneously.
Provenance:
Anderson and Hershkowitz, London, 1977.
Literature:
Another print of this image illustrated: John Taylor, Pictorial Photography in Britain 1900-1920, London, 1978, pl. 19, p. 52; William Buchanan, The Art of the Photographer J. Craig Annan 1864-1946, National Galleries of Scotland, 1992, pl. 28. The author confirms that it was made on a trip to Spain in 1913 with fellow artist William Strang.