Sam Contis

Death Valley Dunes

2014, printed 2017

Barren eroded hills rise from cracked dry ground under a clear sky.
Barren eroded hills rise from cracked dry ground under a clear sky.

Sam Contis, Death Valley Dunes, 2014, printed 2017. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 37 7/16 × 47 7/16 in. (95.1 × 120.5 cm) Image: 33 7/8 × 43 15/16 in. (86 × 111.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2018.60. © Sam Contis

Recto

Not on view

Date
2014, printed 2017

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 37 7/16 × 47 7/16 in. (95.1 × 120.5 cm) Image: 33 7/8 × 43 15/16 in. (86 × 111.6 cm)

Accession number
2018.60

Series
Deep Springs, 2013-2018

Edition
1/5 | 1 AP

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Sam Contis

API
artworks/57959



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