Dead Palms
Artist
Bryan Schutmaat
(American, born 1983)
Date2014; printed 2024
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 32 3/16 × 40 1/16 inches (81.76 × 101.76 cm)
Sheet: 36 3/16 × 44 1/16 inches (91.92 × 111.92 cm)
Sheet: 36 3/16 × 44 1/16 inches (91.92 × 111.92 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2024.36.4
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "1/5 DEAD PALMS"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5 + 2 A.P.s
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L11
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Schutmaat describes working in the vast expanses of the desert Southwest as a profound experience: “Some might remark that the land is harsh or hostile, but I just see a setting that’s indifferent to all human concerns.”
The raggedy remains of dead palm trees, “planted by someone with hubris, thinking that there was enough water to maintain them,” as Schutmaat remarks, prompted him to take this picture. The background also struck him as important: “[The trees] will come and go quickly, but that ridgeline beyond it will not . . . the efforts of humankind, when measured against that, gets put into perspective.”
Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, 2024;
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
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