Richard Misrach

Submerge House Foundation, Salton Sea, CA
1984, printed 2001

A serene flooded landscape at twilight with submerged utility poles and abandoned structures reflecting in the still water, with mountains faintly visible in the background under a soft sky. A discarded tire sits in the foreground on dry land.
A serene flooded landscape at twilight with submerged utility poles and abandoned structures reflecting in the still water, with mountains faintly visible in the background under a soft sky. A discarded tire sits in the foreground on dry land.

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Date
1984, printed 2001

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 48 × 60 3/4in. (121.9 × 154.3 cm) Overall: 60 × 72 3/4in. (152.4 × 184.8 cm)

Accession number
2001.293

Edition
2/3

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© Richard Misrach 1984

API
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Richard Misrach
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