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Richard Misrach — Stonehenge #1
Richard Misrach

Stonehenge #1

1975

Stonehenge #1 (1975) presents Richard Misrach's iconic monument through the quiet authority of a vintage gelatin silver print, made approximately a year after the negative was exposed. What distinguishes this work immediately is Misrach's signature split-toning technique, which deepens the blacks and intensifies the whites of the standing stones while suffusing the surrounding sky and ground with a luminous golden warmth. The result is an image that feels simultaneously ancient and alive, grounded in photographic fact yet lifted into something closer to myth. At 50.8 by 40.6 centimetres, the print commands attention without overwhelming, its scale calibrated to draw the viewer into close, sustained looking. This print belongs to the earliest phase of Misrach's career, before the Desert Cantos brought him widespread recognition, and it offers collectors a rare window into the formal instincts that would define his long practice. The split-toning is not a darkroom affectation but a considered interpretive choice, one that transforms a well-documented subject into a meditation on light, time, and geological endurance. Misrach was already demonstrating here his ability to find latent strangeness in familiar landscapes, a quality that would animate his work for decades to come. The print is signed by the artist and offered framed, presenting an exceptional opportunity to acquire a vintage work of both historical and aesthetic significance from one of photography's most consequential voices.

Medium
Vintage, split-toned gelatin silver print
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Hamiltons Gallery, London

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Richard Misrach, Stonehenge #1, 1975

Stonehenge #1 (1975) presents Richard Misrach's iconic monument through the quiet authority of a vintage gelatin silver print, made approximately a year after the negative was exposed. What distinguishes this work immediately is Misrach's signature split-toning technique, which deepens the blacks and intensifies the whites of the standing stones while suffusing the surrounding sky and ground with a luminous golden warmth. The result is an image that feels simultaneously ancient and alive, grounded in photographic fact yet lifted into something closer to myth. At 50.8 by 40.6 centimetres, the print commands attention without overwhelming, its scale calibrated to draw the viewer into close, sustained looking. This print belongs to the earliest phase of Misrach's career, before the Desert Cantos brought him widespread recognition, and it offers collectors a rare window into the formal instincts that would define his long practice. The split-toning is not a darkroom affectation but a considered interpretive choice, one that transforms a well-documented subject into a meditation on light, time, and geological endurance. Misrach was already demonstrating here his ability to find latent strangeness in familiar landscapes, a quality that would animate his work for decades to come. The print is signed by the artist and offered framed, presenting an exceptional opportunity to acquire a vintage work of both historical and aesthetic significance from one of photography's most consequential voices.

Medium
Vintage, split-toned gelatin silver print
Dimensions
overall: 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Year
1975
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Hamiltons Gallery, London

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