The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 25, 2026
View from Rosie's, Ketchikan
1986
(American, 1947-)
Image: 47.6 x 58.9 cm (18 3/4 x 23 3/16 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.)
Gift of the Advocacy Arts Foundation 1995.188
Location: Not on view
Description
Many of Robert Glenn Ketchum’s photographs share an incredible surface beauty and a richness of color and detail that draw viewers into the composition before they realize that something is amiss. In this image, taken in the Alaskan city of Ketchikan, the outward gaze of a deer head hanging from the wall is what invites the viewer into the scene. It is only after absorbing the richly detailed living room, with its many plants and fur-covered chair, that the viewer notices its contrast to nature’s depletion outside the window. This photograph was one of a series of pieces that contributed to Ketchum’s work on behalf of timber management reform, influential in Congress’s signing into law the Tongass Timber Reform Act, which gave protected status to one million acres of Alaskan rain forest. In acknowledgement of his efforts, Ketchum—already known for his environmental activism—was awarded a 1991 United Nations Outstanding Environmental Achievement Award.- Jack B. Ketchum, Los Angeles, CADecember 4, 1995The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 215
- Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue.
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