Death Valley, California
Artist
Lee Friedlander
(American, born 1934)
Date2008
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 7/8 × 14 5/8 inches (37.77 × 37.15 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 inches (50.64 × 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 16 inches (50.64 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.63.4
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil;
On sheet verso, center, stamped in black ink: "PRINTED 2008 / This photograph is not released for publication / or for commercial use of any kind. For permission / communicate with Lee Friedlander. 52 South / Mountain Road, New City, N.Y. 10956. / © LEE FRIEDLANDER".
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Death Valley, 2008"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "CF.8993.y", "1816-14".
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DescriptionImage of rocky landscape seen through car window; the car's side mirror is juxtaposed with street sign indicating a windy road ahead.Gallery LabelA car window frames a chaotic jumble of forms: a rocky landscape, the reflection of a sideview mirror, a road sign. Lee Friedlander gives each of these elements equal visual weight, consciously rejecting landscape composition conventions that clearly distinguish foreground, middle ground, and background. He allows the viewer freedom to choose which aspects of the photograph are most interesting, or perhaps questions the validity of privileging any one feature.
Copyright© Lee Friedlander
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