Richard Misrach

Polaris over Lake Mead, Nevada, 3.14.97-3.15.97, 11:56 P.M.-4.15 A.M.

1997, printed 1998

Long-exposure star trails form concentric circles around the North Star in a dark night sky.
Long-exposure star trails form concentric circles around the North Star in a dark night sky.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1997, printed 1998

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 47 3/4 × 60 3/4 in. (121.3 × 154.3 cm) Image: 47 3/4 × 60 3/4 in. (121.3 × 154.3 cm)

Accession number
2002.338a-b

Series
Desert Canto XXI: Heavenly Bodies [sic]

Edition
2/3

Credit line
Gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
© Richard Misrach 1997

API
artworks/18041



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