Andrew Moore (American, born 1957). <em>The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, Nebraska</em>, 2013. Inkjet print, 46 × 61 in. (116.8 × 154.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2014.30.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery, CUR.2014.30.2_YanceyRichardsonGallery.jpg)

Andrew Moore (American, born 1957). The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, Nebraska, 2013. Inkjet print, 46 × 61 in. (116.8 × 154.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2014.30.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery, CUR.2014.30.2_YanceyRichardsonGallery.jpg)

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Is this a painting or a photo?

It's a photo that's inkjet printed.

I am curious to learn more about the artist and subject matter of this photograph.

Andrew Moore is a contemporary photographer. He did a project of traveling along the "100th meridian" of the United States, through all the states along the way (including Nebraska, which you see here), documenting places he saw from a plane. The 100th meridian is a longitudinal line that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America and is generally understood as where the "Great Plains begin. He was really interested in the effects of drought on the region's population and landscape and economy.

Is this one of the Sears Roebuck kit houses that used to be purchased by folks?

Not that we know of, no. Those houses tended to be more suburban and this is a very rural scene. This is actually an aerial view of a specific home in Sheridan County, Nebraska built probably built before that boom of kit houses.

That is a great question and our team has been looking through the Sears models shown online. It is similar in some features (you have a good eye), but it does not appear to be any specific model that we can discern.

The barren landscape. The piles of snow. The colors. It's eerie but beautiful.

It really has a mood. This photograph was part of a project that Andrew Moore did. He traveled along the "100th meridian" of the United States, from north to south through all the states along the way (including Nebraska, which you see here), documenting places he saw from a plane.

He was interested in the effects of drought and climate change on the region and its people, especially ranchers and farmers.

The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, Nebraska

Andrew Moore

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ARTIST Andrew Moore, American, born 1957

MEDIUM Inkjet print

DATES 2013

DIMENSIONS 46 × 61 in. (116.8 × 154.9 cm) frame: 46 × 61 × 1 3/4 in. (116.8 × 154.9 × 4.4 cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Signed, titled, dated and numbered on label, verso

COLLECTIONS Photography

ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.30.2

CREDIT LINE Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Andrew Moore (American, born 1957). The Yellow Porch, Sheridan County, Nebraska, 2013. Inkjet print, 46 × 61 in. (116.8 × 154.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 2014.30.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Image courtesy of Yancey Richardson Gallery, CUR.2014.30.2_YanceyRichardsonGallery.jpg)

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