Jupiter Over Sarcoplatus Flats October 23, 1996 6:42-10:46PM

1996, printed 1998

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a night sky from a ground-based point of view, looking upwards. The horizon is visible as a thin strip of faint light. Numerous elongated streaks of light, likely star trails, curve slightly upward across the sky due to a long exposure. The color palette transition from dark to light hues, with hints of green and faint yellow on the horizon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James and Lucy Danziger

  • Dimensions

    image: 121.29 × 154.31 cm (47 3/4 × 60 3/4 in.)
    framed: 122.56 × 155.58 × 3.81 cm (48 1/4 × 61 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.150.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Danziger Gallery, New York; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by artist, lower left in black ink: JUPITER OVER SARCOPLATUS FLATS / 10. 23. 96 / 6:42 - 10:46 P.M.; engraved along left edge of frame perpendicular: JUPITER OVER SARCOPLATUS FLATS; right edge of frame: 6:42-10:46 P.M. 10.23.96

Wikidata ID

Q64159059

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