Sausalito
1968, printed 1972
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 12.8 x 16.4 cm (5 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.67.28
Art Historical Context
**Sausalito**, a gelatin silver print by Lewis Baltz from 1968 (printed 1972), captures artist's emerging focus on the American landscape during a transformative era. Baltz, a key figure the New Topographics movement, documented the subtle encroachments of suburban and industrial development on natural environments. Shot in the scenic Bay Area town of Sausalito,, this intimate 12.8 x 16.4 cm image reflects the post-World War II boom, where rapid urbanization reshaped coastal idylls into sites of quiet tension between beauty and banality. The gelatin silver process, a hallmark of mid-20th-cent...
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...