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Spirit, Spiral

Artist (American, born 1944)
Date1993 (printed 1995)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 5/8 × 12 1/2 in. (32.1 × 31.8 cm)
Support: 13 × 12 7/8 in. (33 × 32.7 cm)
Support (Secondary): 18 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (47 × 44.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Fred R. Kline, 2013
Object number2013.46.2
DescriptionView of a dramatic, spiral cloud formation.
eMuseum Notes
Seizing the chance opportunity to capture this roiling cloud formation, the artist creates a dynamic composition. “I try to leave room for the unanticipated, the stranger unmet,” he says about his work. Belcher is known for his black-and-white views of the New Mexico landscape but has specialized in the cloud- and star-studded skies of Galisteo, in the northern part of the state.
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