Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

A sailboat, pulling a dinghy, makes its way across San Francisco Bay in California. Interestingly, titles assigned to this photograph by Sigismund Blumann have it both “coming”- Sunrise: as called “Early Morning on San Francisco Bay” when first published in 1920, and “going”- Sunset: as titled here: “Homeward Bound”. He also called it “Out of the Shadow”, when using it for the very first issue of his new magazine Photo Art Monthly, published in November, 1933.

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Homeward Bound
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Dimensions

Image Dimensions6.6 x 11.5 | 12.6 x 20.2 cm

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Print Notes

Recto: Titled and signed in graphite by the artist on the print: l.r.: Homeward Bound., Sigismund Blumann.; This print may be done using the Kallitype process, of which the artist was an early proponent of-including this image to go with an article he published on the process in 1920. (details in Published area of this post)

Exhibitions | Collections

Minneapolis Institute of Art: Early Morning on San Francisco Bay, c. 1920- green-toned gelatin silver print (variant): 99.230.10.

Provenance

Acquired for this archive in July, 2024 from the photographer and editor Sigismund Blumann’s grandson Thomas High.

Published

Camera Craft, July, 1920 p. 217: Titled “Early Morning on San Francisco Bay” illustrating the author’s article “More About Kallitype” pp. 215-218.

–Photo Art Monthly, Nov., 1933 (Vol. 1. no.1) p. 29. Titled “Out of the Shadow.”

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