
Golden Gate Bridge, 10.31.98, 5:22 P.M.
Richard Misrach's large-scale chromogenic print captures the Golden Gate Bridge emerging through a veil of atmospheric haze, reducing the iconic structure to a ghostly, ethereal presence hovering above the water. The precise timestamp in the title reflects the artist's methodical documentation of a single location over time, emphasizing how shifting light and weather conditions continuously transform the familiar into something mysterious and sublime. Misrach's mastery of color photography lends the image a painterly luminosity, with soft gradations of golden and gray tones evoking both the grandeur and the transience of the natural world.
- Medium
- Chromogenic print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
October 1, 2013
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