Tutucanula - El Capitan 3600 ft. Yo Semite
1861
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 40.6 × 51.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-400401
While the monumental facade of El Capitan looms in the background, a thin decaying trunk in the foreground demands the viewer's attention. In nature, where changes can occur in seconds or centuries, Carleton Watkins found the perfect subjects to convey a theme of transience versus permanence. The same decaying tree appears in this image and its pendant, *River View--Down the Valley,* which was taken in the same location with the camera directed about thirty degrees to the east.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1861 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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