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Hand pointing at a spot in the distance. Markings on the picture point toward the same spot and read "BISON".
South Dakota
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

South Dakota

Artist Chee Heng Yeong (American, 1951-2018)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 11 x 14 in., (27.9 x 35.6 cm,)
Image: 8 1/4 x 12 in., (21 x 30.5 cm,)
Mat: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum collection, University Gallery purchase
Object numberPH-80-9-V
Collections
Visual DescriptionHand pointing at a spot in the distance. Markings on the picture point toward the same spot and read "BISON".
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Black Hills, South Dakota 83 #2
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Center street of small western town; shadows are long, no one’s around, likely early morning.
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Spot lit against a dark background, a man poses with his chin resting on his hand.
Carl Sandburg, New York, 1955
Arnold Newman
1955, printed later
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Vase and Cover with Ring Handles
Chinese Artist
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Cityscape at night where only spots of light are visible in the dark. New Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans 187 #3
Michael A. Smith
1985
A figure points a gun at the direction of the viewer. A city can be seen in the background, with the words "in Europe" and "Meanwhile in Europe" written with arrows pointing towards it.
The Boston Massacre Series
Larry Rivers
1970
Three prominent dark wall markings of scarred paint.
Arizpe
Aaron Siskind
Negative: 1966; Print: 1981-1982
Black and white composite photograph. The large head of a bison fills the dark right side of a room. On the left, a cloth-draped chair sits beside a window looking out at the Statue of Liberty across the water.
Untitled
Jerry Uelsmann
1994
Polyplectron Germaini (Germain's Polyplectron or Germain's peacock-pheasant), a bird with brown and black speckled body and bright green spots in bands around its tail and wings. Two chicks are included; all three birds are in a clearing with grass and rocks in the distance.
Polyplectron Germaini
Josef Wolf
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Untitled (Voortrekkers celebration of new monument in Pretoria, South Africa)
Untitled (Voortrekkers celebration of new monument in Pretoria, South Africa)
Margaret Bourke-White
1949
Seated male figure with legs crossed in front, hands on knees hollow cylindrical body with opening at top of headdress good proportions to figure, good modeling of features, wears large ornamental headdress, ear spools, necklace with large pendant and bracelets. White pigment on part of the face and body, also at spots in headdress and pendant.
Seated Companion Urn
Zapotec Artist
300 - 500
A print of a winged horse seen from behind, looking back. Its flowing tail drapes over peacock feathers. Three human hands reach in from the right edge, pointing toward and touching the horse's hindquarters.
Who Is Here?
Eva Hašková
1982

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