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Fallen

Artist (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)
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 view
Terms
  • landscapes (representations)
  • forests
  • trees
  • darkness
  • broken
  • destruction
  • grief
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