Team of Horses Hauling Logs on Skid Row, Washington

1913

Darius Kinsey

Associated Names
Darius Kinsey

Artist, American, 1869 - 1945

The image is a ground-level view of a logging scene in a heavily wooded area. The composition shows the towering trees blending into the horizon. There is no distinct physical horizon line, only a line of trees stretching into the distance. A team of four horses is seen on a dirt path, hitched to a large log on the ground. A man stands to the left of the horses, holding a container. Beyond them, several individuals sit atop the large log. In the background, more tall trees fill the composition, creating a dense forest canopy. The photograph is in sepia tone, giving it an antique appearance with a monochromatic color palette of deep browns and blacks. The scene depicts a day in the logging industry with contrasts between the dark tones of the forest and the lighter clearing being worked.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.5 × 33.5 cm (10 1/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 27 × 34.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.96


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 10 November 1993; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by artist, bottom left printed in negative: 58. 19©13 BY DARIUS KINSEY; on verso, center stamped in purple ink: A LICENSE MUST BE SECURED / IF THIS COPYRIGHTED VIEW / IS WANTED FOR PUBLICATION / TIMBER VIEWS CO. / 5811 Greenwood Ave. Seattle; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 049884


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