Beth Moon. Heart of the Dragon, 2010. platinum print, Image: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Paper: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.). Gift of the Artist, 2017.190. Copyrighted.

Heart of the Dragon

2010

Beth Moon

Beth Moon (American, b. 1955)

Photography

Heart of the Dragon, 2010. Beth Moon (American, b. 1955). Platinum print; image: 43.2 cm (17 in.); paper: 55.9 x 76.2 cm (22 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 2017.190 Moon’s series on ancient trees is part of a tradition of tree portraits dating back to the beginning of photography. The distinctively shaped, endangered dragon blood’s tree is unique to the island of Socotra off the Horn of Africa. Its sap is a dark red resin that has been valued since antiquity for medicinal and other properties.

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