Artist
Birie AlmquistSwedish
CultureSwedish
Titles
- Sheep
Date1985
MediumPlatinum/palladium print
DimensionsImage: 8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in. (21.7 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in. (39 × 51.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in. (39 × 51.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.540
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Birie Almquist’s platinum/palladium photograph depicting a countryside gathering of sheep could easily be mistaken for a photograph made a hundred years prior. Almquist’s picture emphasizes the persistent roles of the landscape and animals in rural life despite the rapid changes to the agricultural sector over the last century.
ProvenanceThe artist, Stolkholm, Sweden; purchased by Manfred Heiting; given to MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left in pencil "6/10 Platinum/Palladium", center "Sheep"
[no inscriptions verso]
[no inscriptions verso]
recto bottom right in pencil "Birie Almquist - 85"
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