William Clift

Fence, Velarde 8
1974

A black and white photograph depicting a rustic wooden fence in the foreground with a plowed field to the left and a leafless tree in the middle distance. In the background, a hazy landscape with more trees and a small body of water is visible. The image has handwritten text and a signature at the bottom, along with a printed caption identifying the photographer as William Clift and the title of the work as "Fence, Vallejo #8 1978."
A black and white photograph depicting a rustic wooden fence in the foreground with a plowed field to the left and a leafless tree in the middle distance. In the background, a hazy landscape with more trees and a small body of water is visible. The image has handwritten text and a signature at the bottom, along with a printed caption identifying the photographer as William Clift and the title of the work as "Fence, Vallejo #8 1978."

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Date
1974

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 13/16in. (18.1 × 24.9 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2in. (16.8 × 24.1 cm) Mount (board): 14 × 17in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)

Accession number
2004.888

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Faith G. Golding

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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