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John Baldessari
Pelican in Desert1984

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Black and white photograph combining a flat black bird silhouette mid-flight with a vast desert landscape, tiny vehicles, and mesa cliffs in the distance
Artist or Maker
John Baldessari
Title
Pelican in Desert
Date Made
1984
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm); Framed: 26 1/4 x 32 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (66.68 x 81.92 x 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg, New York
Accession Number
M.2007.172
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© John Baldessari 1984. Courtesy Estate of John Baldessari