Six Quarter Moons, 3/12/05

Series TitleTime Studies

Artist Mark Klett (American, born 1952)

Date2005

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 1/8 inches (18.57 × 23.18 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2010.18.14

InscribedTitled and dated on sheet recto, bottom, in silver ink: "Six quarter moons 3/12/05"

Markingsnone visible

Edition/State/Proofed. 12/20

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Not on view

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DescriptionLengthy exposure of star trails and rising moon over distant mountain range; very bright trail of moon in the lower half of its path, with 5 individual images of it in upper half of its trail.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 15 - November 13, 2011, no cat.

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

This photograph is from Mark Klett’s series Time Studies. Each of the images from the series addresses a specific natural movement or change captured over a duration of time.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2010;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2010.

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