Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

2002

Alec Soth

Associated Names
Alec Soth

Artist, American, born 1969

The image shows a ground-level view inside a cemetery. Spanish moss hangs from trees, creating a natural curtain effect. The horizon is obscured by trees and foliage. The image captures details of tree bark, vegetation, grass, and gravestones. The color palette is earthy with green grass and olive/brown tones. Light filters through branches, casting shadows on the ground. A group of people is gathered in the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.7 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.7 × 60.7 cm (19 15/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.76

  • Copyright

    © Alec Soth and Weinstein Hammons Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC, May 2005; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink: A. Soth 2004 5/15; bottom left: HOLT CEMETERY, NEW ORLEANS, LA

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