Jim Harrison

Artist

Alec Soth, born 1969

Sitter

James Thomas Harrison, 1937 - 2016

Exhibition Label

Born Grayling, Michigan

Writer Jim Harrison has reworked the legacy of William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Wallace Stegner to his own original purposes. Set in his home state of Michigan or in the Southwest, Harrison’s writing charts the life cycles (and life crises) of his characters against an acute observation of the natural world. His first novel, Wolf (1971), was a fictional memoir of a naturalist tracking wolves in Michigan. Harrison has been especially successful as a writer of novellas such as Legends of the Fall (1979), The Woman Lit by Fireflies (1990), and The Summer He Didn’t Die (2005). Although he is a successful novelist, Harrison considers himself first and foremost a poet. His poetry addresses the deep sense of the spirituality inherent in nature more directly than does his prose; he is strongly influenced by Asian poetry.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

2004 (printed 2009)

Object number

NPG.2009.107

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

©2010 Alec Soth

Type

Photograph

Medium

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 101.7 x 81.1 x 1.9cm (40 1/16 x 31 15/16 x 3/4")

Mat (Verified): 121.9 x 101.6cm (48 x 40")

Frame: 124.5 × 104.1 × 5.1cm (49 × 41 × 2")

Place

United States\Montana\Park\Livingston

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp

James Thomas Harrison: Male

James Thomas Harrison: Literature\Writer\Poet

James Thomas Harrison: Literature\Writer\Novelist

Portrait

Record ID

npg_NPG.2009.107

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4abdc743b-02e2-40e6-aa40-72cef5c955bd