Jim Ryun, Alamosa, Colorado
Artist
Rich Clarkson
(American, born 1932)
Date1967; printed ca. 2005
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 5/16 × 17 inches (28.73 × 43.18 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 7/8 inches (40.64 × 53.02 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 7/8 inches (40.64 × 53.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2006.3.2
SignedSigned on sheet recto, lower right, in pencil: "Rich Clarkson"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "2006.3.2"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIn altitude training for the 1968 Olympics, the lone runner (Jim Ryun) appears miniscule against a massive sun-saturated sand dune in the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado, as he runs across the shadowed ridge of another dune in a path which travels toward the left side of the composition in the lower third of the image. The runner's path will eventually intersect with a sunny patch where converging footprints dot the surface of the dunes.Copyright© Rich Clarkson
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