San Jacinto Mountains Sequence

1985, printed 1996

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The image shows a wide, flat, and arid landscape from a ground-level perspective. The horizon is high in the composition, with low, sandy hills stretching across, sparse desert vegetation, and a range of mountains in the distant background partially obscured by haze. The sky is a soft, pale blue, creating a tranquil feel. The color palette is subdued, dominated by earthy beige and brown tones of the desert floor, with muted green of shrubs, and delicate blue of the sky. The image conveys the simplicity and stillness of the desert environment.
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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

    1998.91.17

  • 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

Q64159041

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