High Iron, Guilford, Connecticut

1990

James Welling

Associated Names
James Welling

Artist, American, born 1951

The image displays a view through a dense cluster of trees, revealing a natural area. Slender tree trunks and intertwining branches frame the picture, with their bark and budding leaves captured in varying shades of gray. In the distance, a railway line runs horizontally across the image near the horizon. The horizon is placed mid-way up the image, blending against a backdrop of slightly hazy rolling hills. The palette is primarily black, white, and gray, accentuating the intricate patterns of light and shadow. The style is photographic, using strong contrasts and detailed textures to depict depth and complexity in the scene.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Welling, New York; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom left in graphite: James Welling; on recto, bottom right printed in paper: JW_243_V1_11x13_Final; on verso, by artist, upper left in graphite: RR # 243; upper left: printed by Griffin Editions, NY; lower right: given in memory of my great grandmother / Clementine Dixon Welling, poet [erased]; bottom center: High Iron, Guilford, CT, 1990


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