Hawaii XI

1978

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a tropical forest at night. It features thick foliage with palm trees dominating the scene. There is no visible horizon as the jungle growth fills the frame entirely. The palm fronds and various plants create intricate textures of lines and shapes. The colors consist mainly of deep greens and browns, highlighted by flash photography. Dark shadows between the trunks and branches suggest depth, while the illuminated leaves and branches stand out vividly against the darkness.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 1982; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 174, 215, no. 244.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in graphite: Richard Misrach 1978; bottom left below image: Hawaii XI 3/10; on verso of mount, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, lower right corner: 1982.3.49

Wikidata ID

Q64159150

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