Richard Misrach

Salton Sea (with Dead Fish)
1983, printed 1996

A serene photograph depicting a calm body of water with a clear reflection of the sky, featuring remnants of a wooden structure and a metal frame partially submerged. The horizon is barely distinguishable with distant mountains, and the overall palette is in soft, muted tones. There is handwriting along the bottom edge of the image, suggesting it may be an art piece.
A serene photograph depicting a calm body of water with a clear reflection of the sky, featuring remnants of a wooden structure and a metal frame partially submerged. The horizon is barely distinguishable with distant mountains, and the overall palette is in soft, muted tones. There is handwriting along the bottom edge of the image, suggesting it may be an art piece.

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Date
1983, printed 1996

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 × 36 1/16in. (73.7 × 91.6 cm) Image: 28 × 34 7/8in. (71.1 × 88.6 cm) Mount (board): 29 × 36 1/16 × 1/16in. (73.7 × 91.6 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2010.122

Series
Desert Cantos III: The Flood

Edition
1/10

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Arthur and Susan Fleischer

Rights and reproductions
© Richard Misrach 1983

API
artworks/37361

Richard Misrach
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