Artist
Richard Misrach(American, born 1949)American, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Yosemite (Burnt Forest & Half-Dome), California
Date1988
Place depictedCalifornia, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsSheet: 59 1/2 × 79 3/16 in. (151.1 × 201.1 cm)
Frame: 61 × 76 × 2 in. (154.9 × 193 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 61 × 76 × 2 in. (154.9 × 193 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker on the occasion of her retirement
Object number2015.506
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Renowned for his large-scale photographs of the American West, Richard Misrach has long pursued landscape photography in an effort to depict humankind’s impact on the environment. Turning his camera on the iconic Half Dome at Yosemite, Misrach offers a startling contrast to the type of Edenic images of the Sierra Nevada that pervade the history of photography. The skeletal, carbonized remains of trees forebode greater environmental trauma and decline, as Half Dome sits solemnly in the background, shrouded by the hazy, dense atmosphere.
ProvenanceThe artist; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on verso backboard: BURNT FOREST AND HALF-DOME / YOSEMITE / 3/3 / (signature) 1988
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