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Lewis Baltz

Reno - Sparks, Looking South

Description

Maker

Lewis Baltz (American, 1945 - 2014)

Title

Reno - Sparks, Looking South
Nevada

Year

1977

Medium

  • Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper

Materials

gelatin silver print

Supports

  • Agfa paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.2 x 24.1 cm (6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On verso, in graphite, "N1" (LL corner), "26/40" (bottom center), signed by artist and dated "1977" (LR corner).

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift from the Collection of Joe Deal and Betsy Ruppa

Object Number

2010.82.35.1

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

In the portfoio, Nevada, of which this image is a part, Lewis Baltz alternates unbuilt views with home construction, trailer parks, and roads in a documentation of a rapidly changing landscape in the desert valleys surrounding Reno, an area he once described as “landscapeas-real-estate.” Baltz developed projects as portfolios, believing that a single photograph cannot capture a complete portrait of a place. In Baltz’s series, a multifaceted, occasionally contradictory image of Nevada emerges through the accumulation of photographs.

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Lewis Baltz (American, 1945 - 2014)
Reno - Sparks, Looking South; Nevada, 1977
Gelatin silver print on Agfa paper
Image: 16.2 x 24.1 cm (6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches)
Gift from the Collection of Joe Deal and Betsy Ruppa 2010.82.35.1

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