Gabriel Orozco
Tree through Leaves

Tree through Leaves

© Gabriel Orozco

Tree through Leaves
Tree through Leaves
ArtistMexican, born 1962
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Tree through Leaves
Date2001
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage (at open): 12 1/16 × 18 1/4 in. (30.6 × 46.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of John A. MacMahon
Object number2021.641
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Working across different media, Gabriel Orozco is known for his use of everyday materials to explore relationships—the relationships of everyday objects to one another and the relationship of the natural world to human beings. In Tree through Leaves, a dark tree trunk is visible through a patterned screen, which replicates the natural form of a leaf. This contrast between the “real” and the “artificial” reveals the ways in which humans attempt to create order and perfection from nature, which is in truth wild and perfectly unruly.



Provenance[Marian Goodman Gallery, New York]; […]; [Sotheby’s New York, Contemporary Art Day Auction: Online, November 18, 2020, lot 00303, bought in]; purchased by John A. MacMahon; given to MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, frame backing, lower left: MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY // 24 WEST 57TH STREET // NEW YORK, NY 10019 // Gabriel Orozco // Tree though leaves // Cibachrome 2001 // 16 x20 in. // inv.# 7777 ed.# 3/5

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