IP8 #12/21

1974

American, 1945 - 2014

Mundane 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.

Gelatin silver print

6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Charles Cowles Collection

77.48

Not currently on view

Resources

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.

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