San Jacinto Mountains Sequence

1985, printed 1996

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a desert landscape with sparse vegetation. The horizon features sand dunes with scattered shrubs, and distant mountain silhouettes. The visual style appears photographic, capturing textures with crisp quality. The color palette includes earth-tones with beige, tan sand, desaturated green shrubs, and a pale blue sky.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.7 × 27.5 cm (8 9/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet/mount: 27.62 × 35.24 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.91.15

  • Series Title

    Desert Cantos I: The Terrain

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anonymous gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: San Jacinto Mountains; by artist, lower center in graphite: 4/5; by artist, lower right in graphite: © Richard Misrach 1985/1996

Wikidata ID

Q64159036

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