Cedar Stump House, Twenty Feet in Diameter, Edgecomb, Washington

1901

Darius Kinsey

Associated Names
Darius Kinsey

Artist, American, 1869 - 1945

This is a photograph of a rustic house built out of a giant tree trunk. The structure is made from a large tree stump, with the roots integrated into the design to form the walls and support the roof. The roof is made of wooden planks, and a chimney protrudes from the top. The doorway and window panes are set into the natural wood, emphasizing the raw, organic feel of the building. To the left, there is another smaller building in the background, partially obscured by tall, dry grass.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.7 × 33.5 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 34.8 cm (11 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.99

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: [star] A37. Cedar stump house, 20 feet in diameter; bottom right: Copyright 1901, by D. R. Kinsey.; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 049868

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