National Champion American Elm, Kansas
Artist
Barbara Bosworth
(American, born 1953)
Date1990; printed 2012
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage (each): 16 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (42.86 × 53.98 cm)
Sheet (each): 16 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (42.86 × 53.98 cm)
Framed (each): 17 5/8 × 22 × 1 1/4 inches (44.77 × 55.88 × 3.18 cm)
Sheet (each): 16 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (42.86 × 53.98 cm)
Framed (each): 17 5/8 × 22 × 1 1/4 inches (44.77 × 55.88 × 3.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2012.53.6.A,B
SignedArtist’s label on back of frame backing board, white label in black pen “5/15 / Barbara Bosworth”
InscribedInscribed above signature, on white label in black pen “National Champion American / elm, Kansas, 1990”
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 5/15
On View
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DescriptionImage on the left half of a large elm tree with a wooden slat fence in the background. Image on the right half of a large elm tree with a wooden slat fence in the background.Exhibition History
Rotation 22. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, MO, August 10, 2016- January 8, 2017, no cat.
In 1990, Barbara Bosworth set out across the United States to photograph trees listed on the National Register of Big Trees. She sought to convey both her subjects’ expansiveness and their relationship to their surroundings. For example, here she included details, such as a nearby fence and field, to help give a sense of scale and a feeling for place. Bosworth often worked in a multi-panel format. This image is a diptych, containing two panels that feature an enormous American elm.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2012;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2012.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2012.
Copyright© Barbara Bowsworth
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