National Champion American Elm, Vermillion River, Louisville, Kansas

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Barbara Bosworth, National Champion American Elm, Vermillion River, Louisville, Kansas, 1990, gelatin silver print, image: 7 ³⁄₄ x 19 ³⁄₈ in. (19.5 x 49.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation, 1991.69.1

Artwork Details

Title: National Champion American Elm, Vermillion River, Louisville, Kansas
Artist: Barbara Bosworth
Date: 1990
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: image: 7 ³⁄₄ x 19 ³⁄₈ in. (19.5 x 49.3 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation
Mediums Description: gelatin silver print
Classifications: Photography
Photoprint
Subjects: Landscape — tree — elm tree
Landscape — Kansas — Louisville
Landscape — river — Vermillion River
Architecture Exterior — detail — fence
Object Number: 1991.69.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1991.69.1

Artwork Description

This American elm was designated a national champion in 1979. Bosworth first photographed the tree in 1990, and the museum acquired a print of the image the following year. She returned a decade later to discover the elm had fallen victim to the natural effects of wind and lightning, as well as vandals who had firebombed the trunk, leaving only one large healthy branch remaining. (See 2008.2.10)

Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth exhibition label