The Bather
Series TitleMid—
Artist
Elise Kirk
(American, born 1978)
Date2014; printed 2024
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 40 × 50 inches (101.6 × 127 cm)
Sheet: 43 × 53 inches (109.22 × 134.62 cm)
Framed: 43 7/8 × 53 7/8 × 2 inches (111.44 × 136.84 × 5.08 cm)
Sheet: 43 × 53 inches (109.22 × 134.62 cm)
Framed: 43 7/8 × 53 7/8 × 2 inches (111.44 × 136.84 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2024.57.1
SignedPer framer: signed on mount verso, on label.
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L11
Collections
Terms
During hot, humid Midwestern summers, stock tanks filled with fresh, cool water often become makeshift pools on farms or in rural areas. To make this image, Elise Kirk convinced her mother's friend to climb into the tub for a photograph in her back yard, a place she often visited as a child. "When I was making this work, I revisited sites from my childhood memories, but I was also looking at regionalist painters like John Steuart Curry, who included stock tanks in his work." His painting The Bathers is part of the Nelson-Atkins's collection.
Elise Kirk, Lawrence, KS, 2024;
Purchased from her by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
Purchased from her by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
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