[Palm Trees with Nude Figure Against Blue Sky]
A belief in the interconnectedness of nature, art, and people underlies San Francisco artist Sally Larsen’s image-making practices. To this end, she often mixes photographic processes from different periods. Here, she scanned instant film into an image processing application to composite a bisected vision of undulating forms in shades of blue. Generally, her artwork focuses on patterns in nature, and in this particular print she creates a dialogue between the curved fronds of the palm tree and the digitally extended torso of a female nude.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Palm Trees with Nude Figure Against Blue Sky]
- Artist: Sally Larsen (American, born 1954)
- Printer: Nash Editions
- Date: 1990
- Medium: Inkjet print
- Dimensions: Image: 27 in. × 28 1/2 in. (68.6 × 72.4 cm)
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 41 1/2 in. (75.6 × 105.4 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of Charles Wehrenberg, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.521.2
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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