Sleeping Swan
Artist
Keith Carter
(American, born 1948)
CultureAmerican
Date1995
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (38.7 × 39.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 19 7/8 × 16 in. (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
SignedVerso, bottom right, pencil signature: Keith Carter 1995
InscribedVerso, from left to right, pencil: #2596, 36/50, Sleeping Swan
Credit LineGift of Linda and Michael McGraw
Object number2019.14.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis black and white image depicts a sleeping swan, photographed from above. The swan's head is tucked into under a wing. The white swan is in sharp contrast to the black background.ProvenancePhotographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Mike and Linda McGraw, purchased from gallery, 1997; Chrysler Museum of Art, gift from the McGraws in 2019.
Jan Philips van Thielen
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