Near Rinconada, New Mexico

1932

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image features a landscape view from a slightly elevated point on a barren terrain. The horizon is low in the frame, with hills meeting the sky. The foreground shows gentle slopes with sparse vegetation, mainly small bushes. In the distance, there are dark, rugged hills forming an undulating line. The sky is filled with dense, gray clouds, indicating a potential storm. The color palette is subdued and dominated by earthy and gray tones. The texture of the image is smooth with a soft gradation in the cloud cover.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation, Millerton, NY; Southwestern Bell Corporation, St. Louis, MO; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 160, illus. p.83.

  • Paul Strand: An American Vision, National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago; Saint Louis Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990 - 1992, unnumbered catalogue.

1999

  • Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999.

2001

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, no. 146.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 160, illus. p.83.

2000

  • Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001: no. 146.

Inscriptions

center verso in green ink: Near Rinconada / New Mexico / 1932 / Paul Strand; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: SW-kabd-456 FI / PLAT; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 114A

Wikidata ID

Q64158679

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