Joel Sternfeld
Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 1979

Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 1979

© Joel Sternfeld, courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York

Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 1979
Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 1979
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Lake Oswego, Oregon, June 1979
  • from the series American Prospects
DateJune 1979, printed April 1987
Place depictedLake Oswego, Oregon, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 16 15/16 in. (34.3 × 43.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, gift of the artist
Object number88.406
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Building on a storied history of American landscape photographers, Joel Sternfeld set out in the late 1970s to make his own large-scale pictures of the country. Repeatedly drawn to the suburbs while photographing for his series American Prospects, Sternfeld captured the quiet conformity of this suburban development outside of Portland set beneath an overcast sky. Along a street dotted by fresh rain puddles, the monotony of manicured landscaping and mulch is broken only by the bold styling of a lone Cadillac coupe. Sternfeld’s attention to color, scale, and composition bring a heightened sense of reflection to an otherwise mundane scene.


ProvenanceThe artist, New York; given to MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom left: JS.061.1
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom center left: P
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom center: Lake Oswego, Oregon June 1979 // N – June 1979 // P – April 1987 // Joel Sternfeld [signed]
Signed in black ink, verso, bottom right: Joel Sternfeld

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