Joel Sternfeld

Roofless Church, New Harmony, Indiana, May 2000
2000

A unique architectural structure resembling an inverted bell or cloak, covered in a shingled pattern, stands in the center of a well-manicured lawn. The structure is supported by concrete bases and has an open space beneath where chairs are arranged for seating. A brick wall encloses the area, and trees are visible in the background with a hint of sunset peeking through the foliage.

A unique architectural structure resembling an inverted bell or cloak, covered in a shingled pattern, stands in the center of a well-manicured lawn. The structure is supported by concrete bases and has an open space beneath where chairs are arranged for seating. A brick wall encloses the area, and trees are visible in the background with a hint of sunset peeking through the foliage.

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Date
2000

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 7/16 × 13 1/8in. (26.5 × 33.3 cm)

Accession number
2006.159

Series
Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America

Edition
Ed. 5

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Joel Sternfeld
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