Open Pit Copper Mine, Pima, Arizona

1985

David Maisel

Associated Names
David Maisel

Artist, American, born 1961

The image shows an aerial view of a terraced landscape with a large open-pit mine featuring stepped layers carved into the earth. The horizon is not visible, focusing on the patterns of the excavated terrain. The steps taper downwards, revealing varying depths and heights with different textures, pathways, and exposed earth. The color palette is primarily muted earth tones such as browns and greys. The composition emphasizes the vastness and scale of the excavation through the repeated contours.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 23.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.109

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Maisel, New York; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 9 September 1992; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE PIMA ARIZONA 1985 / DAVID MAISEL MULTI-TONED SILVER PRINT 1985 / David Maisel

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