Ponder Heart

2009

Sally Mann

Associated Names
Sally Mann

Artist, American, born 1951

The image shows the back of a person from shoulders upwards, including part of their head. The person is positioned with their back slightly turned away from the camera, and their arm is raised to rest on their opposite shoulder. The facial features of the person are not visible, but the hair appears to be light in color and is softly styled or tousled. The person's skin is bare with no visible clothing. The background consists of a foggy or misted surface with droplets, possibly a window or glass pane, and there is a soft light illuminating the scene, enhancing the texture.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 × 34.29 cm (15 × 13 1/2 in.)
    image (image window in mat board): 36.83 × 33.02 cm (14 1/2 × 13 in.)
    sheet: 53.34 × 49.53 cm (21 × 19 1/2 in.)
    framed: 55.25 × 50.8 × 3.49 cm (21 3/4 × 20 × 1 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.1.1

  • Series Title

    Proud Flesh

  • Copyright

    Image (C) Sally Mann


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sally Mann, Lexington, VA; NGA purchase (through Gagosian Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • Sally Mann: Proud Flesh: Gagosian Gallery, New York, September 15-October 31, 2009

2010

  • Sally Mann: Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, October 16-December 31, 2010

2011

  • Sally Mann: Proud Flesh: Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, September 9-October 29, 2011

2018

  • Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 4-May 28, 2018; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, June 30-September 23, 2018; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, November 20, 2018-February 10, 2019; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 3- May 27, 2019; Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, June 17- September 22, 2019; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 19, 2019- January 12, 2020.

Bibliography

2009

  • Mann, Sally, and C.D. Wright. Sally Mann: Proud Flesh. New York, 2009.

2010

  • Ravenal, John, David Strauss, and Anne Wilkes Tucker. The Flesh and the Spirit: Photographs by Sally Mann. Richmond, 2010.

Wikidata ID

Q64171118

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