Artist
Lynn Davis (American, born 1944)American, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Evening/Northumberland Strait I
Date1993
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 27 3/4 × 27 15/16 in. (70.5 × 71 cm)
Frame: 41 × 42 in. (104.1 × 106.7 cm)
Frame: 41 × 42 in. (104.1 × 106.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3017
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Lynn Davis is well-known for
her surveys of natural and man-made wonders, including monumental icebergs in
Greenland, landscapes and seascapes, and the pyramids in Egypt. This photograph
of the sun setting on a dark, expansive ocean is part of her 1993–96 series Evening/Northumberland Strait. The vast,
endless view of the ocean creates both a sense of calm and of overwhelming
nature.
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Contemporary Photos from the Manfred Heiting Collection" at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 5/17 through 8/10/03.
Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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R. Eric Davis
1991, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
96.1060
