Utah
1996
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 37.8 x 37.3 cm (14 7/8 x 14 11/16 in.) sheet: 50.5 x 40.6 cm (19 7/8 x 16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2001.22.238
Art Historical Context
Step into the rugged beauty of the American West with *Utah* (1996), a gelatin silver print by Lee Friedlander, one of the 20th century's most innovative photographers. Measuring 37.8 x .3 cm, this-format image exemplifies Frieder's lifelong fascination with the American landscape. Acquired through the Patrons' Permanent for the National Gallery of Art's photography collection, it invites viewers to ponder the interplay of natural forms and human presence in Utah's dramatic terrain. Friedlander, a key figure in post-war American photography alongside contemporaries like Garry Winogrand and Di...
About the Artist
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, born on July 14, 1934, in Aberdeen, Washington, to a Finnish-descended mother, Kaari Nurmi, and German-Jewish émigré father, Fritz Friedlander, discovered photography at age 14 amid a fascination with the medium's equipment. Tragedy marked his childhood when his mother died of cancer at age seven, yet he pursued his passion, earning pocket money with a camera before studying under...