Dune, Yucca, White Sands, New Mexico

c. 1940

Brett Weston

Associated Names
Brett Weston

Artist, American, 1911 - 1993

The image shows a sand dune landscape with desert plants scattered across the sand. Shadows stretch across the sand, casting parallel lines from the vegetation. The scene is in black and white, emphasizing contrasting tones and patterns created by the wind-sculpted ridges and plant shadows. The surface of the sand shows smooth, sweeping brushstrokes from the wind.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift from the Christian Keesee Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.3 × 34.3 cm (10 3/8 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 28 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.156.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christian Keesee/Brett Weston Archive, Oklahoma City, OK; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center stamped in black ink: This is an Original Brett Weston Photograph / Printed by The Photographer / Authenticated by The Brett Weston Archive / Distributed by The Brett Weston Archive / Authorized by: [by unknown hand in graphite: Christian K. Keesee] / Date: [by unknown hand in graphite: Nov. 20. 2000.]; by unknown hand, center left in graphite perpendicular: 10040.WSV40; center in graphite: W S46

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