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John Pfahl

Red Setters in Red Field, Charlotte, North Carolina

Maker

John Pfahl (American, 1939 - 2020)

Title

Red Setters in Red Field, Charlotte, North Carolina

Year

1976

Medium

  • Color chromogenic print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color chromogenic print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 inches)

Identification

Edition

3/78

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Ellen Carey

Object Number

2011.10.6

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

America in View
Landscape Photography 1865 to Now
Sep 21, 2012 – Jan 13, 2013

Label copy

To create this image, John Pfahl placed two perfectly camouflaged Red Setters in a field of red dirt. Pfahl has also constructed green crosses from stakes and

string, adjusting for perspective so that they appear identical in size and superimposed on the picture plane. The crosses recall the reticular lines that appear in NASA’s pictures of the moon’s surface. Pfahl uses the landscape as a site for constructing humorous and illusionistic tricks, photographically transporting the dogs to the moon.

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John Pfahl (American, 1939 - 2020)
Red Setters in Red Field, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976
Color chromogenic print
Sheet: 8 x 10 cm (3 1/8 x 3 15/16 inches)
Gift of Ellen Carey 2011.10.6

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