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
- Title
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National Champion American Elm, Vermillion River, Louisville, Kansas
- Artist
- Date
- 1990
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 7 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄8 in. (19.5 x 49.3 cm.)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the Consolidated Natural Gas Company Foundation
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Landscape – tree – elm tree
- Architecture Exterior – detail – fence
- Landscape – river – Vermillion River
- Object Number
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1991.69.1
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
