Alluvial Fan, Natural Drainage near the Yuma Proving Ground and the Arizona-California Border

1988, printed 1999

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows an aerial view of a rugged desert landscape. The horizon is positioned high in the image, showcasing the expansive view of the terrain below. Mountains create a soft, undulating line against the sky. The image features smooth gradients and soft transitions with an earthy color palette of beige, brown, and gray. The desert floor is scattered with small shrubs or vegetation, transitioning into darker tones towards the rocky outcrop. In the distance, the mountains blend into a hazy silhouette, implying depth and vastness.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 24.2 cm (9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 35 × 27.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.185.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Reynolds, Jock. Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth: Aerial Photographs. New Haven, 2002: 41.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Emmet Gowin 1999; by artist, across top in graphite: [illegible printer's notes] apo 3[circled] 30 @ 5.6 + [sketch of image with illegible printer's notes]; lower center in graphite: ALLUVIAL FAN, YUMA PROVING GROUND (ARMY)[crossed out], NEAR the CALIFORNIA- ARIZONA / BORDER, 1988; by unknown hand, EG.452.15

Wikidata ID

Q64147375

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