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Oak Seed #2
2020

Name: Oak Seed #2
Brand: Beth Moon
Rating: 5 (15 reviews)

$4,000

£3,029.49

€3,538.61

CA$5,725.93

A$5,804.39

CHF 3,301.36

MX$70,655.79

NOK 38,721.80

SEK 38,816.44

DKK 26,451.14

About the Item

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn...” Ralph Waldo Emerson In the dirt. This is where life begins. The journey starts in darkness. Trees often inspire the gaze upward. A large crown certainly commands the head to tilt upwards to take in the scope of an exceptional canopy. Walking my dog one day in November, standing under the cover of a large oak tree, instead, I was looking down. Under a blanket of damp leaves, a germinating oak seed caught my attention. Within this tightly packed container is a working blueprint. Memory is the beginning. Long months of waiting end as the embryonic shell cracks open. These seeds, very much alive, wait for the right temperature, the required amount of moisture and humidity. They wait for the correct amount of light. With a simple curl the primal root emerges. An imprinted pattern of evolution guides the root downward, penetrating the moist earth below, while the shoots’ growth is directed upward towards the light. Aristotle believed in what he called essential form, the goal to which all things strive. He explains, “the acorns’ intent is to grow into an oak tree.” Emblematic of life in its most essential form, each seed speaks its own language of gesture and shadow. Processing and exposure constraints dictate paper size. Multiple sheets are exposed separately. Each sheet is part of something larger, echoing the same interconnected truths seen in the natural world. The ancient oak that towers above and the seed below each share the same desire with all living things: the desire to fulfill their pure and simple intent to grow into their natural form.

Creator:
Beth Moon (1955, American)
Creation Year:
2020
Dimensions:
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
30 x 22", Edition of 9Price: $4,00033.5 x 25", Edition of 5Price: $5,80053 x 36", Edition of 3Price: $12,000
Medium:
Photographic Film,Photographic Paper,Platinum
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Framing:
Framing Options Available
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Sante Fe, NM
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU13429382732

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