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savillelynn Inventory of the Lynn Saville Photographs, 1972-2005 and undated Processed by: Karen Glynn; machine-readable finding aid created by: Katherine Castles David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003067428

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: January 2010Processed by Karen Glynn, 2003; finding aid encoded by Katherine Castles, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, January 2010 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Lynn Saville Photographs, 1972-2005 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Saville, Lynn. Lynn Saville Photographs, 1972-2005 and undated Material in English 18 Linear Feet 235 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Lynn Saville (1950-) is a New York City-based photographer specializing in nocturnal photography. The collection dates from 1972 to 2005 and consists of 205 photographs of nighttime scenes in New York City, Paris, North Carolina, and elsewhere, taken by Lynn Saville. The collection also includes 30 portraits of artists and other individuals. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Lynn Saville Photographs, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Lynn Saville Photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2002 and 2005.

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Glynn, 2003

Encoded by Katherine Castles, January 2010

Accessions 2002-0066, 2002-0067, 2002-0205, 2002-0318, and accessions 2005-0013, 2005-0056, 2005-0083, were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Biographical Note

Lynn Saville is a photographer based in New York City. She was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1950 and received a B.A. from Duke University in 1971 and an M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in 1976. Her photographs are held in the Denver Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Oxford University's Bodleian Library, the New York Public Library, and many other museums and libraries.

Collection Overview

The Lynn Saville Photographs consist of 235 prints dating from 1972 to 2005. The collection contains gelatin silver black and white prints, color prints, and a small number of digital prints; the prints range in size from 11x14 to 20x24. Saville's photographs include 30 portraits of poets, photographers, family members, friends, and prominent women such as Barbara Jordan, Adrienne Rich and Bella Abzug. Her more recent work is primarily nocturnal photography. The collection's primary focus is Saville's 205 photographs of nighttime scenes in the United States and Europe, particularly in New York City (Brooklyn in particular) and Paris. Other locations include Los Angeles, North Carolina, Vermont, Paris, Rome, and Venice.

The collection is divided into the Portraits Series and the Nocturnal Photography Series. Selected images are also available online as part of a digital exhibit. Acquired as part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University.

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.

Archive of Documentary Arts (Duke University). Black and white photographs. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Pictorial works. Color photographs. Digital prints. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Pictorial works. New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial works. New York (State)--Pictorial works. Night photography. North Carolina--Pictorial works. Paris (France)--Pictorial works. Photographers--United States. Portrait photography. Rome (Italy)--Pictorial works. Saville, Lynn. Venice (Italy)--Pictorial works. Vermont--Pictorial works. Women photographers--New York (N.Y.). Related Material Night Vision: Photographs of William Gedney and Lynn Saville [Online exhibit] Rare Book, Manuscripts and Special Collections Library, Duke University Contents of Collection Portraits Series, 1972-2005 (2 boxes)

Thirty 11x14 gelatin silver prints portraying poets, photographers, women in politics, family members, and friends. The series includes one platinum print portrait of Saville taken by Lois Conner. Captions are taken from the prints.

11x14 gelatin silver prints (11x14), primarily portraits, 1977-1995(11 prints) 1Bill Winfield, 1994 Muriel Rukeyser, 1977 Sterling Plump, poet, 1993 Raymond Patterson, poet, 1993 Galway Kinnell, poet, 1994 Juanita Kreps, Secretary of Commerce, in her office, 1978 Dr. Rosalyn Yalow, Nobel Prize winner, 1977 Robert Bly, poet, 1995 Gwendolyn Brooks, 1994 Bella Abzug, New York Political, 1977 French Ballet School, 1992 5x7 platinum print, ca. 1976 1Portrait of Lynn Saville (taken by Lois Conner), ca. 1976 11x14 gelatin silver prints, primarily portraits, 1972-1999(16 prints) 2Adrienne Rich, 1993 Susan Sontag, 1977 Thom Gunn, 1994 Eugenia Saville, my mother, 1999 Philip Fried, poet, my husband, 1991 Curtis Saville, my brother, 1972 Maria Karolyi, friend, 1973 Lloyd Saville and Eugenia Saville, my parents in Vermont, 1972 Self portrait in Vermont, 1972 Girl I met along the road in Vermont, 1978 Lawrence, 1976 Lloyd Saville, my father in Vermont, 1973 Vermont Neighbors, Dot and Gordon Slade, 1973 Circus boy, Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1978 Beth Caspar, artist and friend, 1982 Trapeze artist, circus, 1979 Ed Malinowski, artist and friend in Vermont, 1974 Gelatin silver prints, irregular sizes, 1978(2 prints) 2Barbara Jordan, 10 1/8 x 12 5/8, 1978 Philippe Halsman, photographer, 9 x 12 5/8, 1978 Nocturnal Photography Series, 1973-2005 and undated, bulk 1994-2005 (13 boxes)

The series contains 205 16x20 and 20x24 prints. There are color photographs, gelatin silver, and a few Iris prints (digital prints). Matted prints are located at the end of the series. Approximately 75 prints show scenes from New York City, especially Brooklyn. There are also numerous images shot in Paris. Other locations include Rome, Venice, North Carolina, Vermont, Los Angeles, and New York State. Captions are taken from the prints, with information added in some cases.

16x20 gelatin silver prints, 1989-2003 and undated(17 prints) 3Venice: Palazzo Rio Canonico, 2001 Venice: Rialto Bridge with shadows, 2001 Venice: Gondolas on the Grand Canal, 2001 Venice: Bridge of Sighs, 2001 Venice: Phil sleeping, 2001 Bowing ballerina (New York City ballet), 1989 The violinist, 1992 Three ballerinas exiting, undated Cirque d'Hiver, 2001 Udaipur rooftops, 1995 Cars near Seine, 2000 Steps to the Tuileries, 2002 The Villa Borghese, Rome, 2002 Tiber River, Rome, 1998 The Louvres and Tuileries, 1998 Riverside Drive, 2003 Bill's back yard, 1993 16x20 gelatin silver prints, 1973-2001(25 prints) 4Sherry Netherland, 1995 Cow and Police Vehicle, Central Park, 2000 Violinist and Pianist, Derby Line Opera House, 1973 West Charleston, Vermont, 1996 West Charleston, Vermont (II), 1996 Fearington Road, Chapel Hill, 2001 Wolfe's Windows, West Village, NYC, 1996 Planetarium, 2001 Mona's rooftop, 1996 Senhora Del Monte, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994 Titanic at the Drive In, 1998 Times Square, 1997 Tribeca New York, 1995 Rhinebeck, New York, 1995 Apartment 45, New York (last night there), 2000 Middleton Plantation, 1997 Middleton Plantation (II), 1997 Brewster, New York, 1997 Derby, Vermont, 1996 Tree at Echo Lake, Vermont, 1994 Kitty Hawk beach, 1993 Poughkeepsie, New York, 1997 Los Angeles from Griffith Park Observatory, 1997 Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, 1997 16x20 gelatin silver prints, 1989-2000 and undated(18 prints) 5La Madeleine, Paris, 1999 Man along the Seine, Paris, 2000 Across the tracks, Durham, 1999 Cornwallis Road, Durham, 1999 Paul's driveway, Pittsfield, MA, 1995 Truck at Echo Lake, undated Skating House, 1989 Mom's backyard, Durham, 1996 Beach fire, Beach Haven, NJ, 1997 Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996 Face at Columbus Circle, 1998 Brooklyn window, undated Phil's shadow, New York City, 1996 Hellgate and Triboro Bridge, 2000 The Cooper Hewitt, 1997 Mount Pisgah, stars, Vermont, 1994 Siphnos Street, Greece, 1993 20x24 color prints, 1999-2005(23 prints) 6Chapel Hill, 2004 Basin Street, 2004 The Terraced Bridge (green), 2004 Amsterdam rain, 2002 Cleveland overpass, 2001 Storm, Westport, 2005 La Samaritaine, 2002 Tarrytown, NY, 2003 Metropolitan roof, 2004 Warehouse with arches, 2003 1160, Los Angeles, 2004 Musée Entrée, 2002 Bethesda fountain, 2004 1814, Los Angeles, 2004 Arcade shadows, Paris, 2003 Parachute jump, Coney Island, 2002 Rue Jarante, 2002 Chartres, 2002 Crossing, Paris, 2003 Post No Bills, Times Square, 1999 The tobacco warehouse, 2002 Whippoorwill Lane, Chapel Hill, 2005 The Yellow House, Westport, 2005 20x24 gelatin silver prints, 1996-2002(12 prints) 7Stop/Dead End, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2002 Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2002 Sheeps' Head Bay, Brooklyn, 1996 Bicyclist on Seabring and Richards, 2002 Garden at Pierpoint Street, Brooklyn, 2002 Bicycle on Front Street, Brooklyn, 2002 Gowanus Garden, Brooklyn, 2002 House on Sydney Place, Brooklyn, 2002 Building on Gowanus Canal, 2002 Marginal Street steam pipe, 1997 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, 1997 Columbus Circle, 2001 20x24 digital prints: black and white Iris prints on watercolor paper from color negatives, 2002(3 prints) 7Cars under the El, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 2002 Patty and Helen's Rooftop, Brooklyn, NY, 2002 Backyard on Henry St., Brooklyn, NY, 2002 20x24 gelatin silver prints, 1988-2000(18 prints) 8Brooklyn Bridge (Horizontal), 1997 Lyceum Theatre, 1997 Southwest Reservoir Bridge, 1996 79th Street Boat Basin, 1997 New York Public Library, 1998 Val's Rooftop, 1995 Atlas Statue, 1993 One Way, 1996 Dave's Rooftop, 1996 Ed and Paul, 1988 House at Echo Lake, Vermont, 1996 Paris: Pyramid at the Louvre, 1999 Paris: Bridge with the Flying Birds, 1998 Rome: The Pantheon, 1998 Paris: Horse Shadow, 1999 Paris: Rue de Rivoli, 2000 Paris: Ferris Wheel from Eiffel Tower, 1998 Paris: Jardin de Luxembourg, 1999 20x24 gelatin silver photographs, 1994-2002(17 prints) 9Rue de Jarente, black and white, 2002 Paris: Pont Neuf, 2001 Queensboro Bridge, 2002 Calvin Klein, Times Square, 1999 Whippoorwill Lane, 2000 Bridge with arches, Paris, 1998 Brooklyn Bridge, 1996 Sunset Park tree/vista, Brooklyn, 2002 Queensboro Bridge, from Manhattan, 2002 Truck on Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, 2002 Bryant Park, New York, 1994 St. Marks Square in the rain, 2001 The Empire State Building, 2002 India Street Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 2002 Verona Street doorway, Brooklyn, 2002 Sugar Factory, Brooklyn, 2002 July Column, Paris, 2001 20x24 gelatin silver prints, 1995-1999(4 matted prints) 10Ed's barn, Holland, Vermont, 1995 Rockefeller Center, 1996 Ferris wheel from the Tuileries, Paris, 1999 Palais Royale, Paris, 1999 20x24 gelatin silver photographs, 1995-2001(6 matted prints) 11Bridge to the Eiffel Tower (Pont d'Lena), Paris, 1999 Red Hook Ducks, 1996 The Flatiron Building, 1995 St. Mark's Square from the Arcade, 2001 Dancer on Front Street, Brooklyn, 1997 Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, 1995 16x20 gelatin silver prints, 1989-2001(13 matted prints) 12Riverside Park fog, 1997 Graffitti wall, Tribeca, 2000 Fifth Avenue rain, 1997 Brooklyn Heights trees, 1996 Riverside Park construction, 1995 Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, 1996 Power plant, East River, 2001 Walk New York, 2001 People look at Los Angeles, 1997 Staten Island Ferry, 1989 Le Consulat, Paris, Montmartre, 1998 Cummington, MA, 1998 Morningside Park, 2001 11x14 gelatin silver prints, 1996-1999(2 matted prints) 13Grand Central Station, 1996 Brooklyn Bridge Fog, 1999 11x14 black and white digital print, 2001 13Brooklyn Bridge with 9/11 Memorial Lights, 2001 20x24 color prints, 2002-2005(8 matted prints) 14Columbus Circle, 2005 Runner at The Reservoir, 2005 Under the Henry Hudson Highway, 2005 Red Rock West Café, 2002 Fulton Landing Warehouse, 2002 Taxi in Times Square, 2002 Hamilton Avenue, 2002 125th Street, 2003 20x24 digital prints: black and white Iris prints on watercolor paper from color negatives, 2002(2 matted prints) 14Ninth Street near Hamilton Ave., Brooklyn, 2002 Smith and Ninth Street, Brooklyn, 2002 20x24 gelatin silver prints, 1995-2002(6 matted prints) 15Roosevelt Island Tram, 2002 Trees/Brownstones, Downtown Brooklyn, 2002 Statue of Liberty, from Red Hook, 2002 Ethereal Ad/Times Square, 1995 Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn, 2002 Evergreen Truck, Manhattan Bridge, 2002