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**Originally Listed At $400**

John Ward (American, Contemporary). "Ghost Town Rainbow Animas Forks, Colorado" photograph, 1978. Signed in pencil at lower right. A large-scale color photograph of a brilliant rainbow arching over the ghost town of Animas Forks, Colorado by John Ward who trained at the New York Institute of Photography. In the 1870s, Animas Forks was a vibrant mining community near Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado with its own saloon, hotel, post office, general store, and a local newspaper called the Animas Forks Pioneer. Unfortunately, the mining came to an end by 1910, and Animas Forks became a ghost town by the 1920s. This photo demonstrates Ward's impressive artistry and technique. The composition hones in on remnants of an original building surrounded by flowering fields in the foreground, groves of conifers and the magnificent peaks of the San Juan Mountains beyond, all beneath a shimmering rainbow gracing the big open sky above. Size (photo): 21.875" L x 27.875" W (55.6 cm x 70.8 cm) Size (frame): 31.2" L x 39.2" W (79.2 cm x 99.6 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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  • Condition: Photograph is mounted in a black metal frame with plexiglass protecting it. Photo has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be in excellent condition. There are a few scuffs to the frame and plexiglass. Artist's copyright stamp is on the verso with handwritten title, date, print number, and negative number. Frame is fit with a suspension wire.

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