Driftwood, Dark Roots, Georgetown, Maine

1928

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image displays intertwining, organic shapes and lines in an abstract visual composition. The contours and textures resemble gnarled tree roots or weathered driftwood. The overlapping and twisting elements suggest dynamic movement, akin to natural structures.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1991

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 159, illus. p. 41

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

2009

  • In the Darkroom: Photographic Processes Before the Digital Age, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009 - 2010, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1971

  • Paul Strand. A Retrospective Monograph. The Years 1915-1968 (Millerton, 1971), p. 59

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 159, illus. p. 41

Inscriptions

upper left verso in blue ink: Driftwood - Dark Roots / Georgetown - Maine / 1928 / Paul Strand / Gift of the artist; upper center verso in blue ink: (TOP); by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: #74 / E / EW-NF-#207

Wikidata ID

Q64158663

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