San Quentin Point, no. 40G

1982–1983

Lewis Baltz

Associated Names
Lewis Baltz

Artist, American, 1945 - 2014

The image depicts a landscape with a sparse and scraggly terrain. The horizon is positioned in the upper third of the image, showing a small hill with shrubbery and trees on top. A row of utility poles and a distant road, with a car visible, follow the horizon. Dry grasses and weeds grow between scattered gravel and debris in the foreground. A weathered metal barrel is amongst the grass and rocks. The image is in black and white, with varying shades of gray distinguishing the rugged terrain near us from the softer forms in the distance. Detailed textures showcase the rough ground and delicate dry plant life.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.8 × 22.9 cm (7 3/8 × 9 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.131.22


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lewis Baltz, Paris; (Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite: Lewis Baltz 1985; bottom left: SQP 40G; bottom center: 34/35

Wikidata ID

Q64157436

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