Sauvies Island, Oregon

Series TitleAmerican Prospects

Artist Joel Sternfeld (American, born 1944)

DateJune 1979; printed 1985

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsImage: 13 11/16 × 17 1/4 inches (34.77 × 43.82 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 inches (40.64 × 50.64 cm)

Credit LineGift of Peggy and William Lyons

Object number2022.25.13

SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in black pen.

InscribedOn sheet verso, bottom, in black pen: "Dye Transfer Print", "Suavies Island, Oregon, June 1979", "N - June 1979 / P - 1985"

MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in orange pencil: "6"

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DescriptionImage of a small green tent set up on a dock next to a wooden boat in a still body of water. Tall wooden posts and leafy trees are perfectly reflected in the water.
Provenance

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Joel 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.

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