Patrick, Palm Sunday, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Artist Alec Soth American, born 1969

Date2002

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsImage: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Paper: 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm)
Frame: 41 x 33 in. (104.1 x 83.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Allen G. Thomas Jr. in honor of Lawrence J. Wheeler

Object number2014.14.60

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Label TextWith an extraordinary talent for storytelling and an evident ability to establish rapport with those he photographs Alec Soth embarks on road trips throughout the U.S. with an 8 x 10 view camera. The result from four years traveling throughout the South is a highly compelling series entitled Sleeping by the Mississippi. With beautiful sensitivity Soth’s images present people and landscapes on the periphery of American society.

In Patrick, Palm Sunday, Baton Rouge, Louisiana the almost shy smile of Patrick, dressed up in his Sunday best and with visible pride, glows with honesty and warmth. Soth’s image invites viewers to make a personal connection based not on familiarity with the context of the image but with its engaging realism.
[L. Dougherty, 2014]ProvenanceCreated Baton Rouge, LA, 2002; collection of the artist, Minneapolis; private collection; [Daniel Cooney Gallery, New York]; Allen G. Thomas Jr., Wilson, NC, 2010; given to NCMA, 2014.
Published ReferencesWhitney Biennial 2004 (exhibition catalogue) (New York and Göttingen: Harry N. Abrams and Steidl, 2004).

Alec Soth, Alec Soth: Sleeping by the Mississippi (Göttingen: Steidl, 2004), illus. (color) 82.

Alex Soth’s America, Siri Engberg, ed. (exhibition catalogue) (Minneapolis: Walter Art Center, 2010), illus. (color) 67.

Jennifer Dasal, “Wanderlust: Photographs by Alec Soth,” in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Spring 2013), illus. (color) 20.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Whitney Museum of America Art, “Whitney Biennial,” March 11–May 30, 2004.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Wanderlust: Photography by Alec Soth," December 23, 2012–June 30, 2013.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Private Eye: Allen G. Thomas Jr. Photography Collection," September 13, 2014–March 22, 2015.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "From Alpha to Creation: Religion in the Deep South," February 17-August 18, 2024. Object Rights Statement

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