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Lewis Baltz
La Valise1993

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a large pile of shredded, twisted, and torn material with a horizontal beam visible in the center, lit from the right with strong contrast
Gelatin silver print of an open book or zine resting on rocky ground, showing four black-and-white photographs of tattooed figures; tattoo designs include floral and figurative motifs on backs, arms, and torso.
Gelatin silver print of a crowd of people standing in a queue, wearing mid-20th-century suits, coats, and hats, photographed at close range with shallow depth of field and a dark background
Gelatin silver print of a cluttered workspace with two tall tripods on a desk in the foreground; a person wearing a head-mounted device sits in profile at a CRT monitor in the background, surrounded by equipment, binders, and cables.
Gelatin silver print of a Toshiba CRT computer monitor on a desk against a dark background, screen displaying a bilingual interface with English text on the left and Japanese script on the right, shot straight-on with high contrast lighting.
Color photograph of an industrial interior bathed in warm golden light, with four red ventilation fans mounted on a reflective back wall, overhead industrial lighting, grid-patterned floor, and transparent hanging panels framing the space.
Color photograph of a nighttime urban skyline, deep orange-red sky above a dark silhouetted building bearing an illuminated green rooftop sign reading "LUCK Mavecon Luck In Luck," with scattered warm lights at street level.
Photographic print, extreme close-up of a nude figure's torso and back rendered in high contrast with deep black shadows against pale lavender-gray tones, abstracted by tight cropping and soft focus.
Artist or Maker
Lewis Baltz
Title
La Valise
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1993
Medium
6 gelatin-silver prints, and 2 dye destruction prints
Dimensions
Image (each): 6 × 9 in. (15.24 × 22.86 cm) Primary support (each): 8 × 10 in. (20.32 × 25.4 cm) Mat (each): 13 13/16 × 16 9/16 in. (35.08 × 42.07 cm) Overall: 15 1/16 × 17 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (38.26 × 43.82 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Michael R. Kaplan
Accession Number
AC1998.163.1.1-.8
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography