San Jacinto Mountains Sequence

1985, printed 1996

Richard Misrach

Associated Names
Richard Misrach

Artist, American, born 1949

The scene shows a desert landscape with sand, sparse vegetation, and mounds of sand. In the background, there are mountains illuminated by the sun, with some shadowed areas. The sky is clear with a few scattered clouds. The overall color palette includes warm beige and tan tones for the desert, delicate greens for vegetation, and pale blue for the 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

    1998.91.21

  • 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

Q64159046

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