Lewis Baltz N1

Photographs from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sold to Benefit Acquisition Funds
Lewis Baltz
1945 - 2014
N1

a plate from Nevada (New York: Castelli Graphics, 1978, a total edition of 46) gelatin silver print, signed, titled, dated and editioned '40/40' in pencil on the reverse
image: 6⅜ by 9½ in. (16.2 by 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1977, printed in 1978.

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Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.

This print, on Agfa paper, is in generally excellent condition. Visible only upon close examination under raking light are several glossy deposits at the upper margin edge. The lower edge is gently rippled

On the reverse, 'ACC.79.70' and 'MFAH' are written in pencil in an unidentified hand.

Catalogue Note:
In 1977, Lewis Baltz curated the early exhibition Contemporary American Photographic Works at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which included work by Robert Adams, John Baldessari, Robert Cumming, William Eggleston, and Lee Friedlander, among others—all of whom the Museum has collected in depth. This photograph was donated by the artist to the MFAH in 1979, contemporaneous with both its printing and the department’s founding. The Museum holds several complete series by the photographer, including San Quentin, The New Industrial Parks, and Nevada, of which this is a key image.

Provenance:
Gifted by the photographer in 1979 to the present owner