Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Patrick Cather, Shoal Creek, Alabama, in memory of his parents, Bill & Virginia Cather who introduced him to the artist ca. 1963, AFI.72.2021
Signature Recto, lower right corner below image, in pencil: Ed Willis Barnett FPSA HonEFIAP ARPS
Inscription Recto, lower left corner below image, in pencil: Haze in the Valley
Verso:
Upper edge, printed on overmat: 734999 [partially obscured] 1 #1573 CRESCENT
Upper edge, sticker adhered to overmat: 53
Upper left corner, stamp with handwritten entries: SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL / PR # 628 PRINT # 3 / 1 2 3 [with dividing lines] / R
Upper left corner, handwritten in black ink: P 9
Upper left corner, handwritten in pencil: 9
Center left side, stamp with handwritten entires: CavOilCade Exhibition / of / Photography / Port Arthur, Texas / [grid] JUDGE ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3 ACCEPT REJECT / 8 [beneath Round 1] / PACKAGE NO. / 116 M / PRINT NO. / 4
Upper center, stamp with handwritten additions: Ed Willis Barnett / FPSA ARPS HonFNSPF Hon EFIAP / 1024 South 43rd St. / Birmingham Ala. 35222
Center, handwritten in pencil: Haze in the Valley / No. 4 (Ektacolor)
Lower left corner, stamp wtih handwritten entires: 57th PITTSBURGH 1980 / INTERNATIONAL SALON / OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART / Number / C-40-3 / Score / 6
Upper right corner, stamp wtih handwritten entires: THE CIRCLE OF CONFUSION / 3 / WHITTIER CALIFORNIA / 5 / 33rd / INTERNATIONAL / EXPOSITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY / MP Entry No. / CP Entry No 170 / Acc. / HM / Medal
Lower right corner, stamp with handwritten entries: Southwest International / Salon of Photography / [entered in grid] C15 / [entered in grid] 4
Provenance Ed Willis Barnett (1899-1987), Birmingham, Alabama; purchased by or gift to Bill (1918-2016) and Virginia (1921-1989) Cather, Birmingham, Alabama [see note 1]; inherited by their son Patrick Cather (born 1947), Shoal Creek, Alabama; gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2021
1. Some of the five works in the group of Ed Willis Barnett photographs given by Patrick Cather in 2021 were gifts by Barnett to Bill and Virginia Cather and some were purchased from the artist. Email between Patrick Cather and Katelyn Crawford, July 21, 2021
