The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts thick tree trunks emerging from dense fog. Foreground left, a dark, deeply textured trunk dominates the frame beside another leaning sharply right. Center and right, additional trunks appear increasingly pale and spectral as they recede into the white mist. Sparse, wiry branches with delicate, individual leaves hang from the top edge. The ground is a soft, gray gradient, disappearing into the hazy atmosphere of the distant background.

Procession

1967, printed c. 1988

Howard Bond

(American, 1931-)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 35.1 x 58.3 cm (13 13/16 x 22 15/16 in.); Mounted: 65.9 x 81.2 cm (25 15/16 x 31 15/16 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2008.73
Location: Not on view
  • Artist; Cleveland Museum of Art
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