Dona Antônia's Porch, Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, Brazil

1999, printed 2001

Fazal Sheikh

Associated Names
Fazal Sheikh

Artist, American, born 1965

The image shows a thatched roof structure with a supporting pole holding several potted plants and an old pair of boots placed on a ledge. The color palette consists of varying shades of black, white, and gray. The thatched roof is at the top, and the supporting pole draped with plants is in the center-right, while the boots rest on a step or ledge at the middle-right. Additional plants in various containers are positioned on the ground and on the step to the lower left of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joseph M. Cohen Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 99.06 x 74.93 cm (39 x 29 1/2 in.)
    framed: 100.33 × 76.2 × 3.81 cm (39 1/2 × 30 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.156.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph Cohen, New York; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy's Last Great Places, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 15 – December 31, 2001; Houston Museum of Science, Houston, TX, February 1 – April 28, 2002; Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, WA, June 29 – September 3, 2002; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, August – December 2002; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, May 10 – August 3, 2003; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, January 24 – March 28, 2004; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, May 8 – June 15, 2004; Contemporary Arts Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, July 31 – September 2004; Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, May 13 – June 26, 2005

Wikidata ID

Q64147518

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