Tide Going Out, South Uist, Hebrides

1954

Paul Strand

Associated Names
Paul Strand

Artist, American, 1890 - 1976

The image is a black-and-white photograph of a flat terrain with a horizon in the upper third. Low-lying hills with scattered buildings are visible on the horizon. Dark, rocky outcrops are present on the smooth terrain, especially towards the center. The sky is overcast with large, diffuse clouds. The overall monochromatic palette emphasizes a range of grays, creating a calm and expansive visual impact, with subtle variations in texture between the ground, hills, and sky.
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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. 163, illus. p. 163

  • 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.

Bibliography

1990

  • Greenough 1990, p. 163, illus. p. 163

Inscriptions

on center verso, in black ink: Paul Strand; by later hand, center verso in graphite: #739; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: HEB-SEA-1536 TI

Wikidata ID

Q64158714

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