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IP8 #12/21
IP8 #12/21

IP8 #12/21

Date1974
Label TextMundane suburban landscapes are Lewis Baltz's favorite terrain to photograph. In this example, a dark garage framed by blank walls is precisely recorded with all its monotony intact. Growing up in the optimism of 1950s California tract development, he turns a critical eye on what that expansion rendered- horizontal tract houses, mini-malls, and vertical industrial parks where nature is overcome so that man and machines may prevail.
Object number77.48
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, 200 Photographs from the Museum Collection, Dec. 8, 1983 - Feb. 5, 1984. Text by Rod Slemmons. No cat. no. Seattle, Wash., Seattle Art Museum, Order and Border, Feb. 26, 2010-Aug. 28, 2011.
Credit LineCharles Cowles Collection
Dimensions6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
MediumGelatin silver print
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1974
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