Giraffe, St. Louis Zoological Park

January 13, 1987

Volker Seding

Associated Names
Volker Seding

Artist, Canadian, 1943 - 2007

This is a photograph of a giraffe in a zoo enclosure. The image shows a giraffe standing indoors, surrounded by metal bars. The giraffe is reaching towards a feeding area, next to a chain mechanism and a textured floor, with a tiled white backdrop. The enclosure has gridded metal bars that create a pattern on the giraffe's body. The giraffe's fur and posture are highlighted by overhead lighting.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Simon Daro Dawidowicz, Miami Beach, FL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN), 1988; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist on mount, lower right below image in graphite: Seding-87; lower left below image: 4/50; lower center below image: GIRAFFE, ST. LOUIS ZOOLOGICAL PARK; on verso of mount, lower center stamped in black ink: © VOLKER SEDING / TITLE / NEGATIVE / PRINTED / EDITION / PRINT No.; graphite annotations: GIRAFFE / 13 JAN. 1987 / JANUARY 1987 / 50 / 4; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1988.5.17

Wikidata ID

Q64171510

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