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Jedediah, After the Rain

Artist Robert Glenn Ketchum (American, b. 1947)

CultureAmerican

Date1977-1981

MediumCibachrome print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 24 1/4 × 29 15/16 in. (61.6 × 76 cm)
Overall, Paper: 25 × 29 15/16 in. (63.5 × 76 cm)
Overall, Mat: 31 × 37 1/2 in. (78.7 × 95.3 cm)

PortfolioAmerican Photographs In The National Parks portfolio; Order From Chaos series

Credit LineGift of Jack B. Ketchum

Object number87.500

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a cibachrome print photograph.

Label TextRobert Glenn Ketchum American, b. 1947 Jedediah, After The Rain, ca. 1978 Cibachrome print (photograph), from the portfolio American Photographs In The National Parks Robert Glenn Ketchum sees his photographs as a form of environmentalist activism, but this does not mean he abandons artistic concerns. This lush photograph captures the vibrant nature near Redwood National Park, revealing the beauty of the wilderness when protected from human impact. His close-up view of a thicket, however, is also deliberately abstract. Inspired by the all-over paintings of Al Held and Jackson Pollock, Ketchum removed the horizon from view while nonetheless implying a sense of space. Like the painters he admires, he creates a rhythmic order amid seeming randomness—a romantic metaphor for the nature Ketchum works to conserve. Gift of Jack B. Ketchum 87.500 Exhibition History"New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.