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C 1900 La Huffman Framed Photograph Signed Montana

C 1900 La Huffman Framed Photograph Signed Montana

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Item you are bidding on an incredible large format gelatin silver sepia toned hand signed and titled western americana photograph by l. A. Huffman showing the western rocky mountain trespasses in montana specifically. The work is extraordinary and shows a vintage cowboy surveying a herd of cattle the caption reads the spear cut big wolf montana and this original antique gelatin silver large format photograph si signed in white grease pencil lower right by the photographer l a huffman. A recent coffee table type fine art book was published on the photographer with his montana views and images. This is remarkable museum quality example it retains it's original wide profile gesso frame and has old wavy glass and backign cardboard. In warm deep sepia tones a rare old original antique document that is sure to please measures 26 1/2 x 17 1/4 image measures 22 x 13 this is a honey! 100% gauranteed original and vintage. Condition this is in fine condition displays just beautifully and is a true treasure.

Good luck to all and to all good luck. A bio followslaton. Alton huffman arrived in miles city, montana territory in december of. 1879. He was 25 years old and had come to seek the recenlty vacated.

Position of post photographer at nearby fort keogh. Fort. Keogh was a militayr post established shortly after the custer incident. In 1876 to provide a military presence in eastern montana.

He wsa appointed. Post photographer, an unpaid position that provided a dirt floor log. Studio nad an opportunity to make and sell photographs.

This was a rapidly changing time in montana's history. Hositlities between. aErly settlers and native americans were drawing to a close and reservation. Life was beginning. The demise of the great buffalo herds was near, clearing the way for large scale cattle ranching. The railroad. Arrievd in miles city in 1881 and changed everything. The arrival.

Of large numbers of farmers with theri plows and fences would permanently. Alter the landscape of eastern montana.

During all of this, huffman. Was there taking photographs landscapes, animals, early ranches, street.

Scenes and, especially, people doing their work. His photos of. Buffalo hunting taken between 1880 83 are some of the few that exist. And are among the most historically significant images eh produced. By far his most extensive and complete bdoy of work relates to the cattle industry.

nAd its associated activities. He photographed teh beginning, heyday, and. End fo the open range days. In addition to his skill and artistry as a.

Photographer, he was able to incorporate his previous experiences as a rancher. He participated in roundups, helped with the activities and knew many of the. Area's ranchers and cowboys. His ability to anticipate the action helped. Hmi to be in the right place at the right time.

His early action-stopping photos, many taken from his four legged tripod, are unequaled. Huffman approached his work with teh eye of an artist and the perspective of. An historian, a rare combination. Western historian j.

Evetts haley. Perhaps said it best for sheer versatility of significant and historic. Subject matter close to the range of the grass, (huffman's collection) surpasses.

Tehm all. In 1976 huffman was inducted into the hall of great westerners. At the national cowbyo and western heritage center in oklahoma city, oklahoma. He. Remains the only photographer to have received that honor. Huffman died in 1931 ta the age of 77. He took many of his most important.

Photos in the early 1880's. He did so with relatively crude equipment and. Technology, yet produced images of a quality that could not be bettered today. He. Photographed the west as it was teh unvarnished truth, not romanticized.

Versions as depicted by novelists, artists and hollywood. Huffman left. An unmatched visual record of early montana. Teh importance and appreciation. Of his artistic legacy will increase with each passing generation.