Spring Snow, View of Rennie Booher’s House, Danville, Virginia

1974

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows the view from within a tree, with branches close in the foreground. Dustings of snow cover the branches. The circular frame of the photograph suggests looking through a peephole. In the background, a hill slopes gently toward an off-center house. The horizon is indicated by the roof of the house and the hillside. The color palette is black and white, emphasizing contrasts between dark branches and lighter snow-covered surfaces.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.1 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.154.11

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Robert B. Menschel, New York; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: Emmet Gowin; center: SPRING SNOW: VIEW OF RENNIE BOOHER'S HOUSE / DANVILLE, VIRGINIA 1974 / VERY FINE PRINT, 1976 #2 of four; printing notes upper right and lower center in graphite

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