James Drake

Valley of the World

1994–1995

A weathered wooden shack on a hill beside a close-up of patterned snake skin.
A weathered wooden shack on a hill beside a close-up of patterned snake skin.

Not on view

Date
1994–1995

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photolithograph and snakeskin

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 35 13/16 in. (46 × 91 cm) Image: 8 × 25 in. (20.3 × 63.5 cm)

Accession number
98.96.6

Edition
2/12

Publication
Printed and published by 21 Steps Editions

Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wise

Rights and reproductions
© James Drake / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/12054

Part of a series:
Valley of the World
7 works

Shanty houses on a hillside beside a detailed close-up of patterned snake skin.
Bridge spanning a calm river at dusk beside a close-up of patterned snake skin.
A rundown junkyard scene beside a close-up of patterned snake skin scales.
A split composition showing a dilapidated shanty on the left and a snake-skin pattern on the right.
A snowy suburban house with a car in the carport beside a close-up of snake skin pattern.
A weathered wooden shack on a hill beside a close-up of patterned snake skin.
Abandoned shack behind a broken wire fence paired with close-up patterned snake skin.

James Drake
11 works in the collection, 3 exhibitions

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