February 2006
Artist
Jennifer Schlesinger
(American, born 1974)
Date2006 (printed 2013)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 14 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (36.8 × 74.9 cm)
Frame: 15 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (39.4 × 77.5 × 3.3 cm)
Frame: 15 1/2 × 30 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (39.4 × 77.5 × 3.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Jennifer Schlesinger, 2013
Object number2013.38.3
DescriptionReflection of full moon at center at right with other spots visible on surface of water.eMuseum Notes
The artist began this series of twelve images as she was beginning to think about motherhood, became pregnant, and then gave birth to a daughter. The moon, with its cycle of phases, has long been associated with women and fertility. Here it marks the passage of months, a period of tremendous expectancy, in which life takes form and a child develops, unseen. The eerie nighttime landscape also seems to represent the unknown – the mystery of life, the face of the child waiting to be born, and the future that lies ahead.
On View
Not on view
Steve Fitch
September 9, 2006 (printed 2017)
