Forest, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

1978

Linda Connor

Associated Names
Linda Connor

Artist, American, born 1944

This image shows a forest scene from the forest floor, with an array of trees, foliage, and undergrowth creating intricate textures. The composition features vertical tree trunks creating layers throughout the photograph. Details are sharp, emphasizing bark, leaves, and branches. The color palette is monochromatic, using various shades of gray to depict light filtering through the dense canopy.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, AZ), 1982; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 55, no. 65.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: 14. Forest, Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia 1978 Linda S Connor; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner: 1982.3.14

Wikidata ID

Q64157471

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