Richard Misrach
(Richard Misrach: Untitled [from New California Views portfolio, no 12])
Richard Misrach (U.S., b. 1949)
Untitled [from New California Views portfolio, no 12]. 1979
Chromogenic color (Ektacolor) print
10 9/16 x 10 1/2 in. image size
Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
Henry Art Gallery, Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen, 83.15
This untitled image was Richard Misrach’s contribution to a portfolio titled New California Views. According to artist Victor Landweber, compiler of the portfolio, the purpose of the project was to feature artists who were creating “remarkable new views of California… while relating their work to the image of California as one of photography’s great and enduring themes.” The portfolio included one work each from 21 photographers working in the Golden State at the time: Jerry Burchard, Linda Connor, Joe Deal, Stephen Shore, Jack Welpott, and Henry Wessel, among others.