Joel Sternfeld
Canyon Country, California

Canyon Country, California

© Joel Sternfeld, courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York

Canyon Country, California
Canyon Country, California
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Canyon Country, California
  • from the series American Prospects
DateJuly 1983, printed November 1986
PlaceCanyon Country, California, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 17 in. (34.3 × 43.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, gift of the artist
Object number87.69
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, New York; given to MFAH, 1987.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited in "Families," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, September 10, 2000 to October 31, 2000 (LN:2000.24).

Exhibited: "A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collecting Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Lower Jones and Masterson Galleries, October 14 - December 30, 2001.

Exhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007


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