View, Salt Lake City, Utah

1977

Joe Deal

Associated Names
Joe Deal

Artist, American, 1947 - 2010

The image shows a bird's-eye view of a suburban neighborhood from an elevated vantage point. Closest to us is a sloped grassy area leading to several houses with flat rooftops and trees in between. Beyond this, the street layout becomes evident, with neatly arranged homes that display a pattern of driveways and yards. Tall, slender trees line the properties closest to us, adding vertical interest to the scene. As the view extends into the distance, a dense array of smaller buildings and lush greenery fills the terrain until it meets the horizon, where the taller structures of a city skyline become visible. The sky is not shown. The photograph is in black and white, which highlights the contrast between different elements like the varying shades of rooftops, the textures of trees, and the reflective surfaces of the buildings.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Richard A. and Mrs. Alice Thall

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.4 × 32.4 cm (12 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 34.9 × 34.7 cm (13 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.139.9


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Thall, Locust Valley, NY; gift to NGA (through Robert Mann Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in graphite: J. Deal; by artist, across bottom in graphite: W10:177 View. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1977; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: RMG 18933 / RMG 27585


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