Agricultural Pivots on the Snake River Plain near the Confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers, Washington

1991

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows large, circular patterns of agricultural fields from an aerial perspective. The horizon is not visible. The patterns of the fields are intricate and repetitive, creating concentric circles. The image appears more like a photograph than a painting. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones, giving a vintage feel. The circular fields closest to us have a pronounced appearance, while another circle extends out of view, suggesting continuation of the pattern.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.6 × 24.8 cm (9 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.69

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Private collection; (sale, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, 27 April 2005, lot 249); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: AGRICULTURAL PIVOTS ON THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN NEAR THE CONFLUENCE of the SNAKE & COLUMBIA RIVERS / WASHINGTON 1991 Emmet Gowin / 6 june 1992; by artist, printing notes top center in graphite; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: EG.232.1

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