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Collections

Robbert Flick
Time as Footstep1969-1970

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Horizontal print on aged cream paper with a single line of small black typewriter-style text in the lower right reading 'time as footstep'
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Diptych gelatin silver print, two close-up photographs of weathered stone sculpture fragments against dark backgrounds; left panel shows a torso detail with textured carved relief, right panel shows an elongated form in raking light.
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Gelatin silver diptych print, two nearly identical close-up photographs of smoothly curved, softly lit stone or sand forms against a dark background, with fine-grained texture and deep shadows emphasizing the undulating contours
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Black and white photograph of water surface filling the entire frame, with rippling waves creating repeating patterns of bright highlights and dark shadows across the composition.
Gelatin silver print diptych, abstract composition with dark backgrounds and organic cellular or bubble-like patterns in white and gray, with a bright circular cluster at center right
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Gelatin silver diptych print, heavily overexposed close-up of foliage with blown-out light patches at left; small isolated cabin surrounded by dark trees in an open field at right, with vignetted edges
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Diptych print with high-contrast black and white tones, dense dark grounds punctuated by irregular pale forms suggesting rocky or organic surfaces, with textured, granular surface throughout
Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep
Gelatin silver diptych of a rocky landscape with shallow pools of water winding between smooth, weathered stone formations, photographed from a low angle with high contrast.
Black and white photograph of a gnarled tree trunk with twisting branches, shot in close-up with dramatic side lighting that emphasizes the textured bark; soft-focus grasses and open sky visible in the background.
Gelatin silver diptych print; left panel shows close-up rock formations in deep shadow; right panel shows a wide grassland landscape with a solitary tree on the horizon under an overcast sky, with rocks in the foreground.

Robbert Flick, Time as Footstep, 1969-1970, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robbert Flick and Susan Rankaitis, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Robbert Flick
Title
Time as Footstep
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1969-1970
Medium
(Thirty) Gelatin-silver prints
Credit Line
Gift of Robbert Flick and Susan Rankaitis
Accession Number
M.2004.285.1.1-.30
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Museum Associates / LACMA, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban