Nathan Benn
Tree Sitting Contest

Courtesy of Nathan Benn
Tree Sitting Contest
Courtesy of Nathan Benn
ArtistAmerican, born 1950
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tree Sitting Contest
  • from the series Finger Lakes
Date1975, printed 2013
Place depictedCohocton, New York, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 12 × 17 5/8 in. (30.5 × 44.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2013.582
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Brooklyn; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History“Made for Magazines: Iconic 20th-Century Photographs,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 9–May 4, 2014.

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