The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, Nebraska

Artist Andrew Moore (American, born 1957)

Date2013

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage and sheet (estimate): 36 × 48 inches (91.44 × 121.92 cm)
Framed: 36 15/16 × 48 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (93.82 × 124.14 × 4.45 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.136

SignedSigned and dated on mount verso, lower right, in black pen: "[signature] 2016”

InscribedOn mount verso, lower right, in black pen: ""THE YELLOW PORCH” / SHERIDAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA 2013 / ED. AP 2"

Markingsnone

Edition/State/ProofA.P. 2/2, ed. of 5

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DescriptionAerial image of old farm house in middle of field with tall grass waving in the breeze and barren trees scattered. There are small holes in the roof of the house and the walls of the screened-in porch are painted bright yellow. A wooden fence surrounds the home and a metal tower appears near the right edge of the image. A narrow band of snow stretches across the flat landscape behind.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

In his series Dirt Meridian, Andrew Moore photographed places along the U.S. section of the 100th Meridian. This historically significant line of longitude extends from North Dakota through Texas. The 100th Meridian has long been considered the climatic divide between the humid east and arid west. Flying in a plane at low altitude, Moore explored fracking zones, drought-stricken farms, and never-ending acres of ranch land. He attempts to capture “the severe magnificence of the…vast and sublime emptiness” in America’s Midwest.

Provenance

Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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