Lynn Davis

Meroe, Sudan
1998

A sepia-toned photograph capturing the imposing angle of a pyramid rising against a clear sky, with the foreground dominated by the smooth, rippled texture of a sand dune. The dune's crest creates a sharp diagonal line that intersects with the pyramid's edge, while the shadow of a person, presumably the photographer, is cast onto the sand, adding a human element to the composition.
A sepia-toned photograph capturing the imposing angle of a pyramid rising against a clear sky, with the foreground dominated by the smooth, rippled texture of a sand dune. The dune's crest creates a sharp diagonal line that intersects with the pyramid's edge, while the shadow of a person, presumably the photographer, is cast onto the sand, adding a human element to the composition.

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Date
1998

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 13/16 × 19 3/4in. (60.5 × 50.2 cm) Image: 18 15/16 × 19in. (48.1 × 48.3 cm) Mount (board): 23 13/16 × 19 3/4 × 1/16in. (60.5 × 50.2 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2007.28

Edition
3/10

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ann and Steven Ames

Rights and reproductions
© Lynn Davis

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