Fallen
Artist
Ken Rosenthal
(American, born 1964)
Date2013 (printed 2016)
MediumPigment print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Support (1): 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Support (2): 25 1/8 × 37 1/8 in. (63.8 × 94.3 cm)
Support (1): 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Support (2): 25 1/8 × 37 1/8 in. (63.8 × 94.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Ken Rosenthal, 2016
Object number2016.14
DescriptionDark, horizontal print with tree trunk thrusting up from lower left foreground to upper left corner. At center is a broken tree trunk on the ground, surrounded by bare branches.eMuseum Notes
In
his series “The Forest,” Rosenthal uses the landscape of the Selkirk Mountains
in northeastern Washington as a metaphor for psychological complexity and
darkness. Having visited annually since childhood, the artist has a strong
connection with this place. Familiar though it may be, in these pictures he
imbues the toppled trees, tangles of undergrowth, and jutting pine branches
with human qualities as a way of exploring themes of confusion, loss and
renewal.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- landscapes (representations)
- forests
- trees
- darkness
- broken
- destruction
- grief
Eliot Porter
August 6, 1966 (printed later)