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Virginia Beahan
The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Plant, Iceland1988, printed 1992

Not on view
Color photograph of bathers in a milky blue geothermal pool with steaming industrial smokestacks and a volcanic hill in the distance, Iceland, 1988

Virginia Beahan, Laura McPhee, The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Plant, Iceland, 1988, printed 1992, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Virginia Beahan
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, born 1946
Artist or Maker
Laura McPhee
United States, New York, New York City, born 1958
Title
The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Plant, Iceland
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1988, printed 1992
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
Image: 18 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (47.3 × 59.3 cm) Primary support: 23 1/8 × 24 in. (58.7 × 61 cm) Secondary support: 26 × 30 in. (66.04 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.287.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography