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
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
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

Works by this artist (45 items)

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Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, from the series Meadow, Carlisle, Massachusetts, 2004, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.28, © 2004, Barbara Bosworth
Untitled, from the series Meadow, Carlisle, Massachusetts
Artist
Date2004
chromogenic print
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Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River, 1995-1997, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.33, © 1995-1997, Barbara Bosworth
Untitled, from the series The Bitterroot River
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Date1995-1997
gelatin silver print
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Barbara Bosworth, Untitled, from the series Meadow, Carlisle, Massachusetts, 2004, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.27, © 2004, Barbara Bosworth
Untitled, from the series Meadow, Carlisle, Massachusetts
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Date2004
chromogenic print
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Barbara Bosworth, Former National Champion American Elm, Kansas, 2001, 2001, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan, 2008.2.10, © 2001, Barbara Bosworth
Former National Champion American Elm, Kansas, 2001
Artist
Date2001
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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