Mustang Bridge Exit, Interstate 80
1977
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 16.1 x 24.1 cm (6 5/16 x 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.67.46
Art Historical Context
Lewis Baltz's *Mustang Bridge Exit, 80* (1977) is a striking gelatin silver print capturing the stark geometry of a highway overpass along Interstate 80 in Nevada. Measuring just over 16 x 24 cm, this intimate black-and-white photograph exemplifiesz's mastery of the medium, prized for its fine tonal gradations and precise detail that render everyday scenes with documentary precision. Acquired through the National Gallery of Art's Pat' Permanent Fund, it viewers to contemplate the American West's transformation. Baltz, a pivotal figure in the New Topographics movement, documented the anonymous...
About the Artist
Lewis Baltz
Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) was born on September 12 in Newport Beach, California, where he developed an early passion for photography, beginning seriously at age 12. His father passed away when he was 11, an event that marked his childhood. Baltz pursued formal training at Monterey Peninsula College in 1967, followed by a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1969 and an MFA from Claremont Grad...