Indian Wells, California

1985

Dick Arentz

Associated Names
Dick Arentz

Artist, American, born 1935

The image shows a perspective looking up through a dense grove of tall palm trees reaching towards the sky. The horizon is not visible as the palms dominate the scene with their trunks and fronds. The composition gives a sense of being enveloped within the grove, emphasizing the height of the trees. The photograph is naturalistic with sharp details and contrasts in the textures of the palm trunks and leaves. It is in black and white, highlighting light and shadows within the canopy of foliage against the sky. The border around the frame adds an artistic touch, framing the scene and providing a contrast to the detailed photograph.
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

    platinum/palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.16 × 50.17 cm (11 7/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 54.2 × 66.36 cm (21 5/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dick Arentz, Flagstaff, AZ; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (through Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC), 1986; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Arentz 85; lower right: 3/50; lower right: INDIAN WELLS, / CALIFORNIA; bottom right: 122092; by unknown hand, top right: x; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1986.3.2

Markings

lower left below image embossed inside rectangular border: PLATINUM / PALLADIUM / [line] / © DICK ARENTZ

Wikidata ID

Q64146604

You may be interested in

Loading Results