White Rhinoceros, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

January 1986

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of a rhino in an enclosure. The image shows a rhino in a small, enclosed space. The rhino is standing in the center, facing a doorway in a green wall. The room has a concrete floor with straw scattered around. There is a feeding trough or water dish in one corner and a metal railing in the foreground. The colors are muted, with green walls, beige floor, and the rhino's grey skin. The shelter shows signs of wear, with rust on the metal bars. The atmosphere is quiet and isolated.
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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.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding 1986; lower left below image: 2/50; on verso of mount, center: VOLKER SEDING / WHITE RHINOCEROS / CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO / JANUARY 1986 / PRINTED: JAN. 1986 / #2/50; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1988.5.6

Wikidata ID

Q64171570

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