Stephen, Mayflies, Temple, Oklahoma
Series TitleBare Handed
Artist
Holly Lynton
(American, born 1972)
Date2009; printed 2023
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 30 5/8 × 40 1/2 inches (77.79 × 102.87 cm)
Framed: 31 3/4 × 41 5/8 × 1 3/4 inches (80.65 × 105.73 × 4.45 cm)
Framed: 31 3/4 × 41 5/8 × 1 3/4 inches (80.65 × 105.73 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Romy Marcus Cohen
Object number2023.28
SignedOn frame backing board, lower right, white label with black pen: "5/5 Holly Lynton [signature]"
InscribedOn frame backing board, lower right, white label with black type: "Stephen, Mayflies, Temple, Oklahoma, 2009 / 30 x 40-inch c-print / Edition"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 5/5
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L11
Collections
DescriptionImage of the shirtless man wearing jeans with a red belt. He faces away from the viewer and his back is covered in water droplets as he walks through a swarm of mayflies. He stands in the center of the frame with a rocky shoreline that leads to a hill scattered with shrubs, grasses, and a clear blue sky.Gallery LabelWhile walking along the banks of an Oklahoma lake with a family of catfish noodlers (a form of fishing using bare hands and feet), Holly Lynton noticed that one of the boys was suddenly swarmed by mayflies. She recalls: "Stephen became quite disconcerted by them, though they're not dangerous. They don't bite, though they do stick to you." The slight forward hunch of his shoulders suggests vulnerability, and Lynton saw this moment as an example of surrendering to nature. She also saw it as a gift since "mayflies only live for one day."
Holly Lynton, Leverett, MA, 2023;
Romy Marcus Cohen, Brooklyn, NY, 2023;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2023.
Romy Marcus Cohen, Brooklyn, NY, 2023;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2023.
Copyright© Holly Lynton
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