Sugar Pine Tree, Yosemite, CA, April 2, 2012

2012

Binh Danh

Associated Names
Binh Danh

Artist, American, born Vietnam, 1977

The image features a large tree trunk in the center with detailed bark texture. In the distance, there are dark evergreen trees against rocky mountains. The horizon is above the trees with shadowed mountains in the backdrop. The sky shows dark cloudy tones transitioning to lighter hues. The color palette includes blues, grays, and greens. The photograph combines clarity on the tree trunk with softer brushstrokes in the sky and mountains, emphasizing texture and contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.59 × 16.51 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
    framed: 34.61 × 28.89 × 3.81 cm (13 5/8 × 11 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.54.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Binh Danh, Tempe, AZ; NGA purchase (through Haines Gallery, San Francisco), 2013.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015, no. 15.

Inscriptions

on verso of frame, signed by artist, bottom center on label in black ink: Binh Danh

Wikidata ID

Q64145405

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