Eliot Porter
Red Bud and Tulip Poplar, Near Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina

Red Bud and Tulip Poplar, Near Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina

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Red Bud and Tulip Poplar, Near Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina
Red Bud and Tulip Poplar, Near Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Red Bud and Tulip Poplar, Near Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina
  • from the series Trees
Datec. 1968
PlaceNorth Carolina, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (59.7 × 47 cm)
 Sheet: 23 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (59.7 × 47 cm)
 Mount: 31 1/8 × 27 in. (79.1 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Virginia and Ira Jackson
Object number2000.656
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on the verso of the mount: "TREES / A Portfolio of Dye Transfer Prints by / Eliot Porter / ¦Redbud and Tulip Poplar¦ / Near Foothills Parkway / Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina / April 1968 / Number 21 of 50"

Label on original backboard: "Arden's Picture Framing / 2131 Richmond Ave Houston, TX 77098 / (713) 522-5281"

Stamped on original backboard: "Final Inspection by / KC Date 11-2-88"
The photograph is signed in pencil, on mount, in lower right: "Eliot Porter"

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