There is No Life Outside of These Verona Walls

1992

Lewis Baltz

Associated Names
Lewis Baltz

Artist, American, 1945 - 2014

Two vertical frames depict a nighttime urban scene. The left frame shows a white car parked on a paved surface with other vehicles nearby. In the distance are industrial structures with red-lit towers against a dark sky. The right frame shows a plaza leading to a white, multi-windowed building surrounded by trees. Bright artificial lights illuminate the scene, creating a mix of natural and artificial hues. The color palette features dark tones contrasted by light reflections. The atmosphere is serene with a sense of urban simplicity and solitude.
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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G39

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    2 silver dye bleach prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Knaus

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 120.65 × 60.96 cm (47 1/2 × 24 in.)
    frame (each): 124.46 × 64.77 × 7.62 cm (49 × 25 1/2 × 3 in.)
    overall (installed): 124.46 × 130.81 × 7.62 cm (49 × 51 1/2 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.56.1.a-b

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

(left panel): on verso of frame, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink on applied label: L Baltz; bottom center printed in black ink on applied label: There is no life outside these Verona walls ed. # 2/5 / Left element / Lewis Baltz 1992; by unknown hand, bottom center in black ink on applied label: ORIGINAL SIGNATURE ON BACK OF ART
(right panel): on verso of frame, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink on applied label: L Baltz; bottom center printed in black ink on applied label: There is no life outside these Verona walls ed. # 2/5 / Right element / Lewis Baltz 1992; by unknown hand, bottom center in black ink on applied label: ORIGINAL SIGNATURE ON BACK OF ART

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