Monday, September 4, 2023

Trees (manipulated)

Leonard Baskin
The Great Tree
ca. 1962
etching
Art Institute of Chicago

Becky Cohen
Two Pentahedral Topiaries with Urn at Vaux-le-Vicomte
1995-96
gelatin silver print
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Albert Flamen
Two Palm Trees joined by Love
1672
etching
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Neil Folberg
A Tree Finer Than All Others
2009
giclée print on silk
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Ulrich Gebert
Pinaceae Pinus
2005
C-prints in tableau
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

Anonymous Maker
Gnarled Tree
ca. 1890
glazed earthenware tile
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Menashe Kadishman
Untitled
(from Painted Tree series)
1974
screenprint
Tate Gallery

William Kentridge
This is How the Tree Breaks
1999
etching, aquatint and crayon on printed pages
Tate Gallery

Myoung Ho Lee
Tree #2
2011
inkjet print
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

René Magritte
The Sixteenth of September
ca. 1956-58
gouache on paper
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Curtis Moffat
Mask in a Tree
ca. 1925-30
gelatin silver print
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Tal Shochat
Rimon (Pomegranate)
2011
C-print
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

David Smith-Harrison
Olive Tree II
1996
etching, engraving and aquatint
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Ferdinand Springer
Tree
1945
engraving
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin

Sam Taylor-Johnson
Self Portrait as a Tree
2000
C-print
Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Elm within the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
1852
albumen print
Victoria & Albert Museum, London

from Ode to Duty

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God!
O Duty! if that name thou love
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove;
Thou, who art victory and law
When empty terrors overawe;
From vain temptations dost set free;
And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!

– William Wordsworth (1805)