Sea Fog, The Mid North Atlantic Ocean

2004

Thomas Joshua Cooper

Associated Names
Thomas Joshua Cooper

Artist, American, born 1945

The image shows a slightly elevated view looking downwards over a hazy landscape. The thick fog obscures the horizon line, blending the land and sky. There are no distinct forms visible in the mist-covered scene. The lack of brushstrokes indicates the image is either a photograph or a precise realist work. The color palette is muted and monochromatic, with shades of grey and black. The ground is faintly visible in the foreground, gradually fading into the fog that dominates the middle ground and distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lannan Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 69.85 × 101.6 cm (27 1/2 × 40 in.)
    mount: 101.6 × 137.16 cm (40 × 54 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.94.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Joshua Cooper; Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, 18 August 2005; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image, in pencil: Thomas Joshua Cooper; on verso of mount, signed by artist, center, in black ink: Sea Fog – North-most –The Mid North Atlantic Ocean and Caldeirão / Ilha do Corvo / The Isle of Corvo / Região Autónoma dos Açores / The Azores, Portugal 2004 / The North-most point of the Azores Archipelago © Thomas Joshua Cooper / 1/3

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