Deep South, Untitled (Stick)

Artist Sally Mann (American, born 1951)

Date1998

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 38 × 47 1/4 inches (96.52 × 120.02 cm)
Mount: 38 × 47 1/4 inches (96.52 × 120.02 cm)
Framed: 43 1/4 × 52 5/8 × 1 inches (109.86 × 133.68 × 2.54 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.15.12

SignedPer gallery: "Signed, titled, dated and editioned, in pencil, verso."

Inscribednone visible

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 7/10

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionGelatin silver print toned with tea. Ethereal image with darkened corners of calm river surrounded by trees with a single stick emerging from the center and reflections in the water.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 27. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 23, 2019–February 2, 2020, no cat.

Gallery Label

Sally Mann has documented her native Virginia for more than 30 years as a means of navigating its complicated past. To create her landscapes, Mann uses the wet collodion process, a photographic process dating to the Civil War. She embraces the imperfections of the method, including chemical spills and processing flaws, which instill a moody quietness to the work. For Mann, the process alludes to themes of memory, loss, and history.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.

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