Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

Nepenthe, Colorado
1986

A black and white artistic photograph featuring a silhouette of a person's profile overlaid on a landscape scene, creating a double exposure effect. The landscape appears to be a desert with a vast, open sky and two tiny figures visible in the distance, suggesting a sense of scale and solitude. The silhouette's edges are rough and textured, blending seamlessly with the terrain. The image is framed with a black border, enhancing its dramatic contrast.
A black and white artistic photograph featuring a silhouette of a person's profile overlaid on a landscape scene, creating a double exposure effect. The landscape appears to be a desert with a vast, open sky and two tiny figures visible in the distance, suggesting a sense of scale and solitude. The silhouette's edges are rough and textured, blending seamlessly with the terrain. The image is framed with a black border, enhancing its dramatic contrast.

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Date
1986

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 7/8in. (20.6 × 17.5 cm) Image: 4 3/4 × 3 11/16in. (12.1 × 9.4 cm)

Accession number
99.164

Series
Views from the Shoreline

Edition
15/25

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc. in honor of Sondra Gilman Gonzalez-Falla

Rights and reproductions
© Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

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