Between West Sidewinder Drive and State Highway 248, Looking Southwest

1979

Lewis Baltz

Associated Names
Lewis Baltz

Artist, American, 1945 - 2014

The image shows a barren sandy landscape with a low horizon featuring a distant mountain ridge with snow. The foreground includes sand mounds, wooden beams, and wire coils. The artwork or photograph has high contrast and emphasizes textures. The black and white colors accentuate the contrast between sunlit sand, shadowed debris, and distant hills. Trees and ridges are subtly visible in the distance.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Castelli Graphics, New York), 1986; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right corner in graphite: Lewis Baltz 1979; bottom left corner: PC6; by unknown hand, bottom center: 4/21; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1986.38.1

Wikidata ID

Q64157397

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