Rock Cut and Spillway, Cache la Poudre River, East of Fort Collins

1996, printed 1997

William Wylie

Associated Names
William Wylie

Artist, American, born 1957

The image shows a waterway with a high, rugged bank on the right side that stretches into the distance. The composition features the bank's texture and layers of earth, the low horizon, a bridge in the distance, bare trees, reflections in the water, and a cloudy sky above. The detailed, documentary-style photograph emphasizes the textures and contrasts using a monochrome color palette of gray shades.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

  • Dimensions

    image: 35 × 44.3 cm (13 3/4 × 17 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.2 × 50.4 cm (15 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.162.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Wylie, Charlottesville, VA; Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. and Jeanne Press, Weston, MA; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: William Wylie 1997; across bottom in graphite: PR 131 Rock Cut and Spillway, / Cache La Poudre River, East of Fort Collins, 1996 3/25; upper left in graphite: 4/97 / #5 / 1 / 80s / F16 / +++ / spc10626

Wikidata ID

Q64170540

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