Tuscany

1997

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

This is a photograph of a person lying in tall grass. The image captures a landscape scene with tall blades of grass dominating the foreground, growing amidst a mixture of tangled, leafless branches. These elements come across with sharp texture and focus. In the mid-ground, a field stretches towards a dense forest line, backed by a range of softly rolling hills or mountains under a lightly clouded sky. The photograph uses a strong depth of field to blur the background and deepen the sense of distance, while the focus remains on the intricate details of the grass and branches in the foreground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 x 37.8 cm (15 x 14 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 x 40.6 cm (19 15/16 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.272


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Lee Friedlander. San Francisco, 2000: pl. 57.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 57; lower center in graphite: TUSCANY 1997; lower right in graphite: 1271-14

Wikidata ID

Q64156623

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