Luncheon in the Grasses
Sally Mann, American, born 1951
negative 1991, print 1996
Gelatin silver print
7/25
Overall: 19 13/16 × 23 15/16 in. (50.4 × 60.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Sondra and Charles Gilman Jr. Foundation Fund
PH.997.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, lower right: luncheon in the grasses / [copyright] 1991 Sally Mann / 7/25; inscribed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: ed { 25 20 x 24 / 25 16 x 20 / 25 8 x 10
Course History
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2012
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2013
WRIT 5, Memoirs of Family, Ellen Rockmore, Fall 2013
WGST 10, Sex, Gender, and Society, Giavanna Munafo, Fall 2013
WGST 37.2, GEOG 41, Gender, Space and Islam, Jennifer Fluri, Fall 2013
NAS 42, WGST 40, Gender Topics in Native American Life, Vera Palmer, Fall 2013
ANTH 31, WGST 36, Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Lauren Gulbas, Fall 2013
NAS 42, WGST 40, Gender Topics in Native American Life, Vera Palmer, Fall 2013
SART 30, Photography II, Fall 2013
SART 29, Photography I, Fall 2013
WRIT 5, Memoirs of Family, Ellen Rockmore, Winter 2014
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2014
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2014
WGST 65.6, Radical Sexuality: Of Color, Wildness and Fabulosity, Eng-Beng Lim, Winter 2015
SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection , Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015
SART 29, Photography I, Christina Seely, Winter 2015
SART 29, Photography 1, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2019
SART 30, SART 75, Photography II and III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2019
SART 29, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Summer 2019
SART 29/SART 75, Photography 1/Photography 3, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2020
PHIL 23.01, Ethics and the Arts, Kenny Walden, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Philosophy 23.01, Ethics and the Arts, Kenneth Walden, Winter 2023
Philosophy 23.01, Ethics and the Arts, Kenneth Walden, Fall 2023
Studio Art 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 11, Spinning a Story: Manipulations of Motherhood by Women Artists, Jourdan Abel, Class of 2003, Education Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 22-March 30, 2003.
Aspects of Human Experience: Works from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 12, 1998-March 14, 1999.
Focus on Photography, Works from 1950 to Today, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 13-March 8, 2009.
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Women Photographers at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12-September 19, 2004.
Mining Photography: Selecting Work from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Studio Art 30 & 75, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 6-June 4, 2000.
Reality and its Alternatives, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 4-March 13, 2005.
Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 24-April 12, 1998.
Shadowplay: Transgressive Photography from the Hood Museum of Art, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 10-December 8, 2013.
Surface and Depth: Trends in Contemporary Photography, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 7-December 31, 2000.
The Art of Spectatorship: A History of Viewing from the Renaissance to the Present Day, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19-April 6, 2008.
Publication History
Jourdan Abel, A Space for Dialogue 11, Spinning a Story: Manipulations of Motherhood by Women Artists, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003, ill. p. 3.
Emily Shubert Burke, Focus on Photography, Works for 1950 to Today, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, p. 17, no. 29.
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009 p.204, no.256.
Provenance
Houk-Friedman Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1997.
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