William Clift

La Mesita, NM
1978

Black and white photograph depicting a vast landscape with rolling hills, a patchwork of fields, and a winding river or road in the foreground. The horizon is dominated by mountain ranges under a cloudy sky. The image is framed with a white border, and there is handwritten text and a signature at the bottom.
Black and white photograph depicting a vast landscape with rolling hills, a patchwork of fields, and a winding river or road in the foreground. The horizon is dominated by mountain ranges under a cloudy sky. The image is framed with a white border, and there is handwritten text and a signature at the bottom.

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Date
1978

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Overall (on mat board): 18 3/4 × 25 3/16in. (47.6 × 64 cm) Sheet: 14 × 19 3/4in. (35.6 × 50.2 cm) Image: 13 9/16 × 19 5/16in. (34.4 × 49.1 cm)

Accession number
2004.891

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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