Winter on the High Plains, Snow Over Pivot Agriculture, near Liberal, Kansas

1995

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image displays a complex interplay of curved and wavy lines on a textured surface, creating an abstract composition. The lines converge and diverge in a manner reminiscent of flowing water or wind-blown sand dunes, while circular marks evoke the appearance of celestial bodies or craters on a barren landscape. Darker patches interspersed across the scene add depth and contrast, enhancing the visual similarity to familiar natural phenomena such as swirling clouds or the undulating surface of the moon.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 24.2 cm (9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.69

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 15 March 2001; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: SNOW OVER PIVOT AGRICULTURE, NEAR LIBERAL, KANSAS 1995 / Emmet Gowin 1999; by artist, printing notes top center in graphite; top right: 26.May 99; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: EG.324.1; bottom left: EG324.1; bottom right: PW7265

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