Self portrait with Saguaro about my same age, Pinacate Sonora 10/29/99

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© Mark Klett. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Self portrait with Saguaro about my same age, Pinacate Sonora 10/29/99
© Mark Klett. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1952)
Date1999
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 8 in. × 10 1/2 in. (20.3 × 26.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/8 × 12 1/4 in. (25.7 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.21
Not on view
Description“The photo was made in Mexico at Pinacate, their first nature reserve. The time was dawn, and my shadow was raking across the top of the cider cone I had climbed. I noticed that I could project it onto a small saguaro cactus, and did so for the picture. Saguaros are the symbol of the Sonoran Desert in this part of Mexico and my home state of Arizona just a few dozen miles to the north. Saguaros may grow to be 30 or 40 feet tall and live over two hundred years. This cactus was relatively young, about my same age though much younger in saguaro years than I was in human years. It was a reflection of differing perceptions of time, of life and the land.” – Mark Klett (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)

Additional Details

Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Signed and dated "© 1999 Mark Klett" on verso at lower left in pencil.
Inscribed "Self portrait with seguaro about my same age" at lower left in pencil;
"Pinacate, Sonora 10/29/99" at lower right in pencil.
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