Kiki Smith
Sycamore

Sycamore

© Kiki Smith, courtesy Pace Gallery

Sycamore
Sycamore
ArtistAmerican, born Germany, 1954
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Sycamore
Date1999
MediumInkjet print
Dimensionsimage: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61.0 cm)
sheet: 23 15/16 × 28 1/16 in. (60.8 × 71.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Devin Borden and Hiram Butler in honor of Clinton T. Willour
Object number2001.380
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionThe multimedia artist Kiki Smith created this beautiful yet enigmatic composition of sycamore branches by scanning her photographs onto a computer, manipulating the images, composition, and color, and then printing it as a composite. The tangled branches and dark seed pods of the grid resemble a mysterious calligraphic message printed across the grey sky. Smith has explored nature and mythology in her work for decades, creating mystical compositions sprung from everyday life. “I’m completely influenced by where I am, what’s around me. I just react,” stated Smith.
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Originality and Repetition: The Grid in Contemporary Works on Paper," at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 14 to September 11, 2005
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left: "9/20"
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right: "Kiki Smith 1999"

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