Giraffe, San Antonio, Texas

December 1987, printed 1988

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of a giraffe peeking out from behind a large stone structure. The image captures a stone building with a partially open, massive wooden door on the right side. Peeking through the metal gate next to the door is the head and neck of a giraffe, with part of its patterned body visible. The building is constructed with large stone blocks. There is also a black metal railing in the foreground, and scattered leaves on the ground. The scene conveys an interaction of architecture and nature, with the giraffe momentarily visible in its likely enclosed habitat.
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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-87; lower left: 2/30; lower center: GIRAFFE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS; on verso of mount, lower center stamped in black ink: © VOLKER SEDING / TITLE / NEGATIVE / PRINTED / EDITION / PRINT No.; graphite annotations: GIRAFFE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS / DECEMBER 1987 / JANUARY 1988 / 30 / 2; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1988.20.3

Wikidata ID

Q64171546

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