Label TextRunning White Deer, County Wicklow, Ireland is Caponigro’s best-known
photograph. This image was a happy accident of sorts that materialized after the
artist sent a dog into the forest of County Wicklow to chase a herd of white deer
out of the woods and in front of the camera. Caponigro got a single shot of the
herd, each deer a blur of creamy white motion. The fuzzy effect is precisely what
invests the image with a sense of mystery—a quality of many of Caponigro’s
photos of nature
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References1. A Photographic Patron: The Carl Siembab Gallery. Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass). 1981.
2. Turner, Peter. History of Photography. Exeter Books, 1987, 142.
3. Holme, Bryan. Photography as Fine Art. Boston: Hill, 1983, 157-159.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References1. A Photographic Patron: The Carl Siembab Gallery. Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass). 1981.
2. Turner, Peter. History of Photography. Exeter Books, 1987, 142.
3. Holme, Bryan. Photography as Fine Art. Boston: Hill, 1983, 157-159.
DimensionsBoard: 14 x 26 in. (35.6 x 66 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (17.1 x 47.9 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (17.1 x 47.9 cm)
Accession Number ghTest1
Classificationsphotograph
SignedPaul Caponigro (graphite l,r)
Inscriptions67 (graphite l,l)
ProvenanceArtist; ESG [gift from the previous, 1976]. Jack and Diane Robertson, Grinnell, IA; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Patrick Nagatani
1987/2001
Patrick Nagatani
1992/2001
Patrick Nagatani
1993/2001
