Prunus serotina, Wild Cherry

1999

Terry Evans

Associated Names
Terry Evans

Artist, American, born 1944

The image shows a mounted botanical specimen of a plant with several stems and leaves on a white board surrounded by dry foliage. The color palette consists of earthy browns and tans from the dried leaves and stems, contrasted with the white background. The board rests vertically on the forest floor, partially nestled among dry leaves, twigs, and surrounding plant growth, with a small label affixed to its lower right corner.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Terry Evans, Chicago, IL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 15 – December 31, 2001; Houston Museum of Science, Houston, TX, February 1 – April 28, 2002; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA, June 29 – September 3, 2002; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, August – December 2002; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, May 10 – August 3, 2003; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, January 24 – March 28, 2004; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, May 8 – June 15, 2004; Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, July 31 – September 2004; Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, May 13 – June 26, 2005

Bibliography

2001

  • Grundberg, Andy, et al. In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places. Exh. cat. Boston, 2001: 74.

Inscriptions

on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in black ink: 2005.074.003

Wikidata ID

Q64170603

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