Approximately 17 of 41 Sperm Whales That Beached and Subsequently Died, Florence, Oregon
Series TitleAmerican Prospects
Artist
Joel Sternfeld
(American, born 1944)
DateJune 1979; printed 1985
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 17 3/16 inches (34.29 × 43.66 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 inches (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons
Object number2022.25.12
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in black pen.
InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: "Dye Transfer Print", "Approximately 17 of 41Whales Which Beached (and subsequently died) Florence, Oregon, June 1979", "N-June 1979 / P-December 1983".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in black pen: "JS-79-6-1D#3/50"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a sandy shoreline with beached whales and scattered figures. The sky is overcast and the water near the whales is colored a red hue.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
1979
2005.27.4414
