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A detailed landscape painting of rippled water surrounded by dense, leafless trees with bright red, white, and grey trunks. A winding yellow path weaves through the rocky forest floor, with a wooden boat resting on the left shoreline.
Switch-back Path
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Switch-back Path

Artist Jerry Cutler (American, born 1946)
Date1995
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions5 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 4 in. (172.7 x 254 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Ruth Pruitt Phillips
Object number1996.4
Collections
Visual DescriptionA detailed landscape painting of rippled water surrounded by dense, leafless trees with bright red, white, and grey trunks. A winding yellow path weaves through the rocky forest floor, with a wooden boat resting on the left shoreline.
Sepia-toned landscape print. Rippled water in the foreground with a jagged tree stump and a corrugated pipe. Bare trees flank both sides. A field of horizontal ridges leads back toward a small circle in a heavily lined sky.
Untitled
Jerry Cutler
1991
A shallow rocky stream flows through a forest. Vibrant green moss covers the boulders in the water and the gnarled, twisting roots and thin trunks of the densely packed trees rising from the uneven ground.
Paradise 14, Yakushima, Japan 1999
Thomas Struth
1999
A dense forest of tall, green bamboo stalks filling the frame. A winding, light-colored dirt path curves through the lower center of the trees.
Bamboo Grove Near Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Eliot Furness Porter
1980
A black and white composite photograph. Above, a gnarled, leafless tree stands on the rocky stone ledge of a pool of water. Reflected in the water are silhouettes of leafy pine trees and a halo of bright sunlight.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A black and white composite photograph superimposing a room interior over a dense forest. A spiral form of bare branches circle around a bright central sky. The translucent room features a checkered floor, two chairs, and a console table with a mirror.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1978
Abstract geometric print featuring a large white oval overlapping a bright yellow curved shape. A thin, angular teal line weaves across the composition, alongside a small white-and-teal circle and a sharp red-orange sliver near the center.
LII
Maud Cabot Morgan
1969
A black and white composite photograph of a forest path lined with bare trees. The ground is completely covered by thick, rolling clouds. In the foreground, a nude woman lies on her back among them, hands on her chest.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1991
A black and white composite photograph. A pair of dark shoes float above a reflective hardwood floor. Behind, an illuminated, multi-paned dormer window is surrounded by billowing clouds and bright, radiating sunbeams.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1992
A framed painting of a dense, dark forest with a prominent leaning palm tree in the center. Below the trees, a narrow body of water reflects a bright patch of sky visible through the canopy.
Florida Swamp
Henry Arthur Elkins
undated
Black and white composite photograph. Bright light enters a dark stone room through an open doorway with a pair of shoes floating near the entrance. The wall features a cherub mural, and a faint face overlays the floor.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
A six sided Ryu-Rikyo style flower basket with shoulder and foot banded by elaborate weaves, the body of open hexagonal weave with insect stitching and butterfly knots. Chikuunsai I signature, with lacquered owner's box, dated 1922
Basket
Tanabe Chikuunsai I
Taisho period (1912-1926), 1922
A black and white print of a bustling courtyard. People converse, hold fabric, and unpack trunks. On the right, figures gather around a long table while a man plays a horn. A horse stands on the left. At bottom French text reads: "Si tost qu'il entre au port au Sortir du naufrage, On le traitte on l'habille, on fait Son equipage. Cum privilege Reg. Israel excu."
The Prodigal Son
Jacques Callot
c. 1624

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