Courthouses
Lawbooks, Hinsdale County Courthouse
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1975
Size: 16x20"
Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, MO
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Size: 16x20
Edition: From the Courthouse Portfolio, commissioned by Seagram's & Sons. 1976; the portfolio contains 6, 16x20" gelatin silver photographs. Single prints from the portfolio are NOT available for purchase; only the complete portfolio is for sale.
Judge’s Bench, Old Cochise County Courthouse, Tombstone, AZ
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Size: 16x20"
Edition: From the Courthouse Portfolio, commissioned by Seagram's & Sons. 1976; the portfolio contains 6, 16x20" gelatin silver photographs. Single prints from the portfolio are NOT available for purchase; only the complete portfolio is for sale.
Jury Chairs, Warren County Courthouse, MO
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Size: 16x20"
Edition: From the Courthouse Portfolio, commissioned by Seagram's & Sons. 1976; the portfolio contains 6, 16x20" gelatin silver photographs. Single prints from the portfolio are NOT available for purchase; only the complete portfolio is for sale.
Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, MO
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1976
Size: 16x20"
Edition: From the Courthouse Portfolio, commissioned by Seagram's & Sons. 1976; the portfolio contains 6, 16x20" gelatin silver photographs. Single prints from the portfolio are NOT available for purchase; only the complete portfolio is for sale.
Courthouses: Portfolio of 6 photographs: William Clift
Medium: 6 Gelatin silver photographs
Date: 1976
Size: Each photograph is signed by the photographer, William Clift and is approximately 16x20" .
Each photograph is matted with acid free museum board and housed in a custom made portfolio case.
Project sponsored by Seagram's Corporation.
The 6 photograph titles in the portfolio include:
"Rotunda, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri"
"Knox County Courthouse, Vincennes, Indiana"
"Reflection, Old St. Louis County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri"
"Law Books, Hinsdale County Courthouse, Lake City, Colorado"
"Judge's Bench, Old Cochise County Courthouse, Tombstone, Arizona"
"Jury Chairs, Warren County, Courthouse, Warrentown, Missouri."
Juan Hamilton Sculpture
Juan Hamilton Ceramic Sculpture No.5
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1979
Size: 11x14"
Juan Hamilton Ceramic Sculpture No.1
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1979
Size: 7 1/2 x 9"
The West
White House Ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1970's
Size: 8x10"
This is a vintage print.
Painted Rainbow, Waldo, New Mexico
Medium: Hand painted gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1970's
Size: 20x24"
This is a vintage print.
Sheep and Petroglyphs, Monument Valley
Medium: Gelatin silver photograph
Date: 1970's
Size: 8x10"
This is a vintage print.
BIOGRAPHY
William Clift is an American photographer known for his black-and-white imagery of landscapes and of architectural subjects. Most of his work has been made in New Mexico, including Santa Fe where he has lived and worked since 1971, and of Mont Saint Michel in France, and St. Louis, MO.
Select photographs by William Clift are available at the Susan Spiritus Gallery from the Courthouse project that were originally commissioned by Joseph E. Segram & Sons, Inc beginning in 1975.
There are several 8×10″ photographs by William Clift of country courthouses and one portfolio of Courthouse images (6) that was published by Joseph E. Segram & Son’s Inc.