The South Pasture

Series TitleAncient Prairies

Artist Terry Evans (American, born 1944)

DateFebruary-May 2022

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 30 1/8 × 33 13/16 inches (76.52 × 85.88 cm)
Sheet: 31 5/8 × 35 7/16 inches (80.33 × 90.01 cm)

Credit LineGift of Terry Evans

Object number2022.23

SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in gray pen: "Terry Evans"

InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in gray pen: "The South Pasture / February to May 2022 / [signature] 1/10"

Markingsnone

Edition/State/Proofed. 1/10

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DescriptionMultiple overlapping images arranged to depict one singular image of a landscape with dried grasses and rocks; a few trees line the horizon and extend into a blue sky with scattered clouds.Gallery Label

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Photographed over the course of five months, the images that comprise The South Pasture depict a season of activity. Of particular interest to Terry Evans were eastern red cedar trees, a potentially invasive species. Evans recounts the long history of tending and neglecting these trees: "The first Indigenous people here would destroy the trees in a controlled burn . . . Once white immigrants settled here and began building fences and houses, that great extensive burning couldn't happen anymore."

Provenance

Terry Evans, Chicago IL, 2022;
Given by Terry Evans to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.

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