Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California
Series TitleAmerican Prospects
Artist
Joel Sternfeld
(American, born 1944)
DateMay 1979; printed 1985
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 17 1/16 inches (34.29 × 43.34 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons
Object number2022.25.1
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen.
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: "Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, California, May 1979", "N - May 1979 / P - 1985".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, in orange pencil: "5X"
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DescriptionImage of an Afghan dog seated in the middle of a road with a stone retaining wall on the left and a red Ferrari parked on the right. Above the stone wall is a steep yard covered in a bed of purple flowers leading up to a log cabin.ProvenanceJoel Sternfeld, New York;
Purchsed by Robert Mann Gallery, New York;
Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery by William Lyons and Peggy Lyons, Mission Hills, KS, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Purchsed by Robert Mann Gallery, New York;
Purchased from Robert Mann Gallery by William Lyons and Peggy Lyons, Mission Hills, KS, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Copyright© Joel Sternfeld
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Joel Sternfeld
September 1980; printed 1985
2022.25.9
