Preliminary Inventory of the Lynn Saville Photographs, 1989-2002 and undated (bulk 1995-2002)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleLynn Saville Photographs,
1989-2002and
undated (bulk
1995-2002)
Creator
Saville, Lynn
Extent
10.7 Linear
Feet
118 Items
Repository
118 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lynn Saville
Photographs, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Lynn Saville Photographs were received by
the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
as a gift and purchase in 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Karen Glynn
Completed April 4, 2002
Additions minimally processed by Karen Glynn
Last updated March 26, 2003
Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan; Joshua A. Kaiser; Elizabeth
Arnold
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
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Biographical Note
New York City-based photographer specializing in nocturnal black-and-white photography.
[top]Collection Overview
Collection (accession#2002-0066) (14 items, 3
linear feet; dated 1989-2000, bulk 1995-2000) contains one
20"x24" and thirteen 16"x20" black-and-white photographs
showing various locations at night, including Paris, New
York City, and Durham, NC.
Addition (accession#2002-0067) (15 items, 3 linear
feet; dated 1995-2000) includes seven 20"x24" and eight
16"x20" black-and-white photographs of various locations at
night, including Paris and New York City.
Addition (accession#2002-0205) (54 items, 3 linear
feet; dated 2002) includes thirty-three 16x20
black-and-white photographs and twenty-one 20x24
black-and-white nocturnal photographs of various locations
in Calif., N.C., N.Y., Vt., Paris, Rome, Venice, Lisbon,
and Greece.
Addition (accession#2002-0318) (35 items, 1.7 lin.
ft.; dated 1994-2002) consists of 30 20"x24" black-and-white prints and five 20"x24" digital, "iris" prints made from original color negatives, taken at night at locations largely in New York City. Other locations include Paris and Venice.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Saville, Lynn.
- Photography.
- Night photography.
- Women photographers--United States.
- Photograph collections--North Carolina--Durham.
- Paris (France)--Pictorial works.
- New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works.
- Durham (N.C.)--Pictorial works.
- New York (State)--Pictorial works.
- North Carolina--Pictorial works.
- Vermont--Pictorial works.
- Rome (Italy)--Pictorial works.
- Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works.
- Lisbon (Portugal)--Pictorial works.
- Greece--Pictorial works.
- Black-and-white photographs.
- Digital prints.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Accession 2002-0066 and 2002-0067 | ||||||
| | Accession 2002-0205 | ||||||
 | | Accession 2002-0318 | ||||||
Preliminary Description of Unprocessed Collection
Accession 2002-0066 and 2002-0067
Any use of the photographs for publication
requires the donor's permission.
Attention: Entire accession is composed of
graphic materials.
Box 1
Whippoorwill Lane,
2000
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Bridge to the Eiffel Tower, Paris,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Ed's Barn, Holland, VT,
1995
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Bridge with Arches, Paris,
1998
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Rockefeller Center, undated
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Brooklyn Bridge,
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Ferris Wheel from the Tuleries,
Paris,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Palais Royale, Paris,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Box 2
La Madaleine, Paris,
1999
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Le Consulate, Montmarte, Paris,
1998
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Man along the Seine, Paris,
2000
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Across the Tracks, Durham, NC,
1999
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Cornwallis Road, Durham, NC,
1999
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Paul's Driveway, Pittsfield, MA,
1995
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Truck at Echo Lake, East Charleston,
VT,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Skating House,
1989
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Cummington, MA,
1998
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Mom's Backyard,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Beach Fire, Beach Haven, NJ,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Riverside Park,
1995
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Hellgate and Triboro Bridge,
2000
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Riverside Park Fog,
1997
(16x20
black-and-white
print)
Graffitti Wall TriBeca,
2000
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Fifth Avenue Rain,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Face at Columbus Circle,
1998
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Brooklyn Window, undated
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Phil's Shadow, New York City,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Brooklyn Heights Trees,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Accession 2002-0205
Any use of the photographs for publication
requires the donor's permission.
Attention: Entire accession is composed of
graphic materials.
Box 1
The Sherry Netherland,
1995
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Fifth Avenue at 42nd St.,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Cow and Police Vehicle, Central
Park,
2000
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Staten Island Ferry,
1989
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Violinist and Pianist, Derby Line
Opera House,
1973
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
West Charleston, Vermont,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Fearington Road, Chapel Hill,
2001
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Wolfe's Windows (West Village, NYC),
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Planetarium,
2001
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Morningside Park,
2001
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Mona's Rooftop,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Senhora Del Monte (Lisbon,
Portugal),
1994
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
"Titanic"
at the
Drive In,
1998
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Times Square,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Tribeca New York,
1995
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
The Cooper Hewitt,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Rhinebeck, New York,
1995
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Apartment 45, New York (last night
there),
2000
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Power Plant, East River,
2001
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Middleton Plantation,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Middleton Plantation (II),
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Brewster, New York,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Derby, Vermont,
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Tree at Echo Lake (Vermont),
1994
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
West Charleston, Vermont (II),
1996
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Mount Pisgah, Stars (Vermont),
1994
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Kitty Hawk Beach,
1993
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Poughkeepsie, New York,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Walk New York,
2001
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Los Angeles from Griffith Park
Observatory,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Siphnos Street (Greece),
1993
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
People Look at Los Angeles,
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Griffith Park Observatory (LA),
1997
(16"x20"
black-and-white
print)
Box 2
Red Hook Ducks,
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Brooklyn Bridge (Horizontal),
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
The Flatiron Building,
1995
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Lyceum Theatre,
1997
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Southwest Reservoir Bridge,
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
79th Street Boat Basin,
1997
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
New York Public Library,
1998
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Val's Rooftop,
1995
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Atlas Statue,
1993
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
One Way,
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Dave's Rooftop,
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Ed and Paul,
1988
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
House at Echo Lake (Vt.),
1996
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Pyramid at The Louvre,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
St. Mark's Square from the Arcade,
2001
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Bridge with the Flying Birds,
1998
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Rome: The Pantheon,
1998
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Horse Shadow,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Rue de Rivoli,
2000
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Ferris Wheel from Eiffel
Tower,
1998
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Paris: Jardin de Luxembourg,
1999
(20"x24"
black-and-white
print)
Accession 2002-0318
Any use of the photographs for publication
requires the donor's permission.
Attention: Entire accession is composed of
graphic materials.
Box 1
Black-and-white prints
Roosevelt Island Tram,
2002
(20"x24")
Trees/Brownstones, Downtown
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Dancer on Front Street, Brooklyn,
1997
(20"x24")
Stop Sign, Red Hook, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Brooklyn Academy of Music,
2002
(20"x24")
Verona Street, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Sheeps' Head Bay, Brooklyn,
1996
(20"x24")
Sunset Park Tree, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Statue of Liberty, from Red Hook,
2002
(20"x24")
Queensboro Bridge, from Manhattan,
2002
(20"x24")
Truck on Van Brunt Street,
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Bicyclist on Seabring and
Richards,
2002
(20"x24")
Garden at Pierpoint Street,
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Bicycle on Front Street, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Gowanus Gardens, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Sugar Factory, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
House on Sydney Place, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Evergreen Truck, Manhattan Bridge,
2002
(20"x24")
Building on Gowanus Canal,
2002
(20"x24")
Marginal Street Steam Pipe,
1997
(20"x24")
New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn,
1997
(20"x24")
Ethereal Ad/Times Square,
1995
(20"x24")
Columbus Circle,
2001
(20"x24")
July Column, Paris,
2001
(20"x24")
Bush Terminal, Brooklyn,
1995
(20"x24")
Bryant Park, New York,
1994
(20"x24")
St. Marks Square in the Rain,
2001
(20"x24")
The Empire State Building,
2002
(20"x24")
India Street Greenpoint, Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Digital Prints (Black-and-white
"iris prints" on watercolor paper made from original color
negatives)
Cars Under the El (Brighton Beach,
Brooklyn, NY,
2002
(20"x24")
Ninth Street near Hamilton Ave.,
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Patty and Helene's Rooftop,
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Smith and Ninth Street,
Brooklyn,
2002
(20"x24")
Backyard on Henry Street,
Brooklyn, NY,
2002
(20"x24")
