Giant Cedars

Birger Sandzén, artist

1871–1954

Giant Cedars, 1922

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: lithograph; laid paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 562 x 432 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 640 x 495 mm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 0000.2096

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Exhibition Label:
"Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard
Birger Sandzén’s lithograph features a group of Utah Juniper trees (Juniperus osteosperma), sometimes referred to as Desert Cedar. Although based in Lindsborg,
Kansas, Sandzén depicted scenes from his travels to Colorado and New Mexico, where the Utah Juniper can be found. This tree has been of special significance
in many Native American communities. The Havasupai People who live near the Grand Canyon, for example, have used the tree’s bark to fashion cradles, dolls,
sandals, tinder, and rope; the tree’s berries are of known medicinal value in both Native American and Anglo-European societies.