The Farm, Angola State Prison, Louisiana

2002

Alec Soth

Associated Names
Alec Soth

Artist, American, born 1969

The image shows an elevated view of a flat landscape with partially cultivated land stretching towards the horizon. A thin line of trees marks the edge of the fields. A dirt path runs through the fields with scattered groups of people, including one person on horseback. The sky is overcast with pale gray clouds. The color palette is mainly earthy tones for the land and subdued blues and grays for the sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen G. Stein

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.7 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.7 × 61 cm (19 15/16 × 24 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.29.77

  • Copyright

    © Alec Soth and Weinstein Hammons Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago); Stephen G. Stein, Washington, DC, May 2005; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink: A. Soth 2004 10/15; bottom left: THE FARM, ANGOLA STATE PRISON, LA

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