WILLIAM CLIFT (1944- ) A group of 4 interiors from the County Courthouses portfolio. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 13x16 1/2 inches (33x41.9 cm.), and one smaller, and the reverse, the mounts 22x27 inches (55.9x68.6 cm.), and one smaller, three with Clift's signature in pencil on mount recto, and the smaller one with Clift's signature, title, and inventory notation in pencil on mount verso. Circa 1974-79; printed 1980s
Jury Chairs, Warren County Courthouse, Warrenton, Missouri, 1979 *Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Court House, St. Louis.,1976-77 * Judge's Bench, Old Cochise County Court house, Tombstone, Arizona., 1979 * Exhibition cases, Bent County Court House, Las Animas, Colorado, circa 1974-77
Provenance: Phillips, New York, The Seagram Collection of Photographs, April 26, 2003; to the Present Owner
For the celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. commissioned two dozen photographers to record county court houses across the country. This project was developed and executed between 1975 and 1981, and these prints were made for the Seagram Collection.
