Eliot Porter
Elephant tree in bloom, Near El Mármol, Baja California, from the series Intimate Landscapes

Elephant tree in bloom, Near El Mármol, Baja California, from the series Intimate Landscapes

© 1990, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

Elephant tree in bloom, Near El Mármol, Baja California, from the series Intimate Landscapes
Elephant tree in bloom, Near El Mármol, Baja California, from the series Intimate Landscapes
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Elephant tree in bloom, Near El Mármol, Baja California, from the series Intimate Landscapes
DateJuly 28, 1966, printed 1978
PlaceEl Mármol, Mexico
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (26.4 x 20.6 cm)
 Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (26.4 × 20.6 cm)
 Mount: 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mathew Wolf
Object number82.528.19
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMathew Wolf, Houston; given to MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Eliot Porter: Intimate Landscapes," Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, Oct 2 - Nov 30, 1992(LN:92.10)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right below image in pencil "Eliot Porter"

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October 7, 1967, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
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Dye imbibition print
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Dye imbibition print
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Dye imbibition print
82.528.20
Roots of the strangler fig tree, Everglades National Park, Florida, from the series Intimate Landscapes
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March 7, 1954, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.39
Red osier, Near Great Barrington, Massachusetts, from the series Intimate Landscapes
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April 18, 1957, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.14
Trees and pond, Near Sherborn, Massachusetts, from the series Intimate Landscapes
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April 1957, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.15
Dogwood berries off Foothills Parkway, Near Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, from the series Intimate Landscapes
Eliot Porter
Dogwood berries off Foothills Parkway, Near Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, from the series Intimate Landscapes
October 15, 1967, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.6
Hepaticas, Near Sheffield, Massachusetts, from the series Intimate Landscapes
Eliot Porter
Hepaticas, Near Sheffield, Massachusetts, from the series Intimate Landscapes
April 17, 1957, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.10
Davis Gulch, Escalante River near Glen Canyon, Utah, from the series Intimate Landscapes
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Davis Gulch, Escalante River near Glen Canyon, Utah, from the series Intimate Landscapes
August 25, 1964, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.21
Shadbush, Near Hillsborough, New Hampshire, from the series Intimate Landscapes
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Shadbush, Near Hillsborough, New Hampshire, from the series Intimate Landscapes
April 28, 1957, printed 1978
Dye imbibition print
82.528.23