Shadow, Mont-Saint-Michel, France

1982

William Clift

Associated Names
William Clift

Artist, American, born 1944

The image shows an aerial view of a flat landscape with buildings in the foreground. The landscape appears to be a sandy or salt flat extending to the horizon. The horizon is high in the image with a dark line separating the land from the sky. The color palette is monochrome, with black rooftops and shadows contrasting with lighter tones of the landscape. Soft brushstrokes create a dreamy and diffused quality, especially in the cloudy sky, enhancing the serene ambiance.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 35 x 48.6 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.67.61

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Certain Places: Photographs by William Clift. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1987, pl. 8 (variant).

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower right in graphite: William Clift; upper left in graphite: Shadow, Mt. St. Michel, France

Wikidata ID

Q64171117

You may be interested in

Loading Results