Live Oaks, Georgia

c. 1934

Clara E. Sipprell

Associated Names
Clara E. Sipprell

Artist, American, born Canada, 1885 - 1975

The image features large trees covered in Spanish moss. The view is from a slightly lower angle, allowing a view upwards towards the canopy with the moss hanging down. The horizon is low in the frame, showing the ground meeting the sky below the tree branches. The image is a photograph, lacking visible brushwork. It has a monochromatic color palette with sepia tones, giving it a nostalgic or historical feel. The lighting is soft, creating gentle contrasts among the trees and foliage.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    R. K. Mellon Family Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 22.7 × 17.7 cm (8 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
    mat: 50.9 × 36 cm (20 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.44.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth ,TX; (sale, Christie's, 8 October 1999, lot 320); Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2025.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right on mat in graphite: Clara E. Sipprell; bottom left: Live Oaks / Georgia; on verso of mat, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: Pf-208; bottom right: 84.1/379 LS3

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