Elephants, Metro Toronto Zoo

January 1985

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of an elephant in a confined space. It depicts an elephant inside a concrete enclosure with metallic chains as a barrier in the foreground. The walls are made of rough concrete, and there's a large metal door with the number '2' written on it. The environment has muted colors and the elephant is centered in the frame, with its ear and trunk in motion. The atmosphere conveys a sense of isolation and confinement.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Simon Daro Dawidowicz, Miami Beach, FL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN), 1988; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding 1985; lower left below image: 2/50; on verso of mount, center: VOLKER SEDING / ELEPHANTS / METRO TORONTO ZOO / JANUARY 1985 / PRINTED: DECEMBER 1985 / #2/50; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1988.5.2

Wikidata ID

Q64171476

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