A Quality of Dancing, Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico

1981

Thomas Joshua Cooper

Associated Names
Thomas Joshua Cooper

Artist, American, born 1945

The image shows a close-up view of a curved tree leaning slightly to the right. In the background, there is a rough, textured wall. The scene is surrounded by dense foliage and ungroomed shrubbery, obscuring the horizon. The color palette is monochromatic, using blacks, whites, and grays. The wall has swirls and sporadic darker patches.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 11.9 × 16.9 cm (4 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
    mount: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.4242

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas J. Cooper, Arcata, CA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1982

  • Recent Acquisitions: Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 1 – November 14, 1982

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Thomas; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right of mount in graphite: 1981.113.7; on verso of mount, signed by artist, center in blue ink: A Quality of Dancing / Pozos, Guanajuato / Mexico, 1981 / [circled: A/P] / © Thomas Joshua Cooper; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1981.113.7

Wikidata ID

Q64171426

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