Sybil Anikeeff (American, 1896-1997). Doorway, circa 1930. Toned gelatin silver print. 9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches (24.1 x 19.1...

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Sybil Anikeeff (American, 1896-1997)
Doorway, circa 1930
Toned gelatin silver print
9-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm) (image/sheet)
Signed and dated in pencil on verso.

During the New Deal, the Monterey Peninsula received $1,000,000 in funds from the Work Projects Administration to develop a regional Federal Art Project and to employ various artists to work on public art projects.

The photographer Sybil Anikeyev (Anikeeff) was a student of Edward Weston. In 1939, Sybil Anikeyev joined the Federal Art Project on the Monterey Peninsula, becoming the project photographer. Traveling on the Peninsula and along the California coast, she photographed landscapes, fishermen, and historic adobe buildings. Several of her photographs were published in the book, Monterey Peninsula, compiled by the Work Projects Administration in Northern California (1941).


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