Trimming, Kenji Nakahashi

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1947–2017
Trimming, 1987
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: chromogenic color print (Ektacolor™ plus)
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 20.6 x 32.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 1/8 x 12 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund
Accession number: 1989.0065
Not on display

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Exhibition Label: "Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard In Trimming, a scene looking north from the Art Institute of Chicago, Kenji Nakahashi captures the delicate, sometimes symbiotic, relationship between the urban forest and its human cohabitants. The foreground arborist is wearing a safety harness, attached to a climbing line tethered to the limb above him.