Race Track and Motor Cross near the Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1988

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows an aerial view of a vast landscape with numerous winding paths etched into the earth. The horizon is positioned high in the image, revealing a division between the patterned terrain and structured areas in the distance. On the horizon, there is a road cutting across from left to right, accompanied by circular and oval-shaped configurations. The grayscale palette emphasizes the texture of the land, with light and shadow play accentuating the network of tracks close to us, gradually blending into sparser texture further away.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 × 24.7 cm (9 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.185.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emmet Gowin, Newton, PA; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 2015; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: Emmet Gowin 1989; by artist, top right in graphite: Apo 2[circled] 13 2[circled] 5.6; bottom center in graphite: RACE TRACK and Motor Cross NEAR The Airport. Albuquerque, NEW MEXICO, 1988; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: L90:012:11

Wikidata ID

Q64147367

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