15. the "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top, a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1,500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling.
[Wheeler Survey, Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian]
1871-1874 (survey), 1872 (expedition)
Stereocard, detail
Etherton Gallery
LL/24737
1 of 106
Dunes, USA
1920
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
Collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/18147
2 of 106
Sandunes, out of sight
[Die Kunst in der Photographie]
1902
Photogravure
9 x 6.7 ins 230 x 170 mm
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com - 5un211)
LL/8744
3 of 106
Etude de terrain à Ghebel Aboukir
[Voyage dans la Haute Egypte et la Nubie, janvier-mars 1854. Série des Paysages]
n.d.
Salt print, from paper negative
23 x 30.5 cm
Gros & Delettrez
Books, Manuscripts - Orientalist Photographs, 19 June 2012, Lot: 175
LL/48506
4 of 106
Desert, Au dessus de Louxor, Egypte
1854
Salt print, from a paper negative
21.3 x 31.4 cm (image)
James Hyman Gallery
JHG5680
LL/105153
5 of 106
Desert de L'Isthme de Sueze
[Voyage au Sudan Oriental, pl. 50]
1854 (ca)
Salted paper print, from a calotype negative
8 x 10 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2021.446
LL/122517
6 of 106
Desert de L'Isthme de Sueze
[Voyage au Sudan Oriental, pl. 50]
1854 (ca)
lithograph, from a photograph
8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2021.445
LL/122518
7 of 106
Arab Camp in the Algerian Sahara
1858 (ca)
Albumen print, from waxed paper negative, corners rounded
26.7 x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 x 15 ins) (image)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund, Accession no: 2010.587
LL/96745
8 of 106
[Pyramid at Dahshûr]
1857 (ca)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
15.4 x 20.8 cm (6 1/16 x 8 3/16 ins)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1973, Accession Number: 1973.608.2.1
LL/69119
9 of 106
Le désert de la Chaine Lybique (Die Einöde der Libyschen Wüste)
[Le Caire pittoresque, plate 83]
1875 (ca)
Albumen print, printed mount
Austrian National Library - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Inventory number: FKB *2886, 83
LL/68569 [Further details available]
10 of 106
Le Caire, vue prise de la maison du desert (Cairo, View from a House in the Desert)
1859
Salt print
21 x 28.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.) (sheet)
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
Achenbach Foundation, Museum purchase, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund, Accession Number: 1999.118.1
LL/104777
11 of 106
Cactus (Cereus Giganteus) Arizona Territory
1880
Albumen print
5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2017.212
LL/107350
12 of 106
C.R. Savage's photo wagon in the desert, south of St. George Utah
1860s (?)
Stereocard
Private collection of Bill Lee
LL/37141
13 of 106
Scene in the Desert - Wadi Feiran
[PEF - Palestine Exploration Fund]
1868-1869
Albumen print
Silver Print Gallery and Archive
LL/31986
14 of 106
Desert
1889 (ca)
Kodak No. 2
4.25 x 5.25 in
Private collection of Nigel Maister
LL/15190
15 of 106
Desert
1889 (ca)
Kodak No. 2
4.25 x 5.25 in
Private collection of Nigel Maister
LL/15217
16 of 106
Nevada Desert
1940 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of John Toohey
LL/122539
17 of 106
Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley, National Monument, Ca.
1948 (ca, taken) 1977 (print)
Gelatin silver print
19 1/2 x 15 1/8 ins (49.5 x 38.4 cm)
Sotheby's - New York
Sale: NO9640, Photographs, 5 April 2017, Lot: 14
LL/73994
18 of 106
Blue Dune
n.d.
Dye transfer
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/122515 [Further details available]
19 of 106
Dunes - Oceano
1936 (taken) (1938, or earlier, print)
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins (19.4 x 24.4 cm)
Sotheby's - New York
Sale: NO9640, Photographs, 5 April 2017, Lot: 17
LL/73995
20 of 106
Dunes, Oceana
1936
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 on 14 x 15 5/8 mount
Silverstein Photography
LL/397
21 of 106
Sand Dune, Oceano
1936
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 9/16 in
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XP.446.10), © Arizona Board of Regents, Center for Creative Photography
LL/7382
22 of 106
Dunes et Nuages (Dunes and Clouds)
1938
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/29088
23 of 106
Dunes, Oceano
1936 (taken) 1980s (print)
Silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 340)
LL/57007 [Further details available]
24 of 106
Dunes, Oceano.
1936
Silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (19 x 24.1 cm.) (image)
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 80
LL/115081
25 of 106
Floor of Death Valley
1938
Gelatin silver print
19 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 ins)
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1974.0061.0060
LL/69918
26 of 106
Tracks on sand, Oceano
1925 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
17.6 x 21.0 cm
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1966.0070.0011
LL/69925
27 of 106
Dune, Oceano
1952
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/394
28 of 106
Dunes
1933 (ca, taken) 1945 (ca, printed)
Gelatin silver print
h: 7.5 x w: 9.5 in / h: 19 x w: 24.1 cm
Etherton Gallery
LL/22215 [Further details available]
29 of 106
Dunes and Mountains, White Sands
1945
Gelatin silver print
7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in (20 x 24.3 cm)
Christie's - New York
Christies - NY (Sale 1983: Lot 0282 - Oct 18, 2007)
LL/23782 [Further details available]
30 of 106
Desert Form #1, New Mexico
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1420
31 of 106
Painted Desert, Arizona
1926
Gelatin silver print
E.O. Hoppé Estate
© The E. O. Hoppé Estate at Curatorial Assistance, Inc. [17477-0036]
LL/16531 [Further details available]
32 of 106
Texas Desert
1946 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
h: 7.5 x w: 9.5 in / h: 19 x w: 24.1 cm
Etherton Gallery
LL/22217 [Further details available]
33 of 106
Desert Sunrise, Mohave Desert
1925 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in
Carl Mautz Vintage Photographs
LL/29150 [Further details available]
34 of 106
Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of Carson Desert, Nev.
1867
National Archives and Records Administration
77-KS-346O
LL/35226
35 of 106
Dune
1967 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/386
36 of 106
Dune
1960s
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/387
37 of 106
Sand Formation
1950s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/388
38 of 106
Dune
1960s
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/389
39 of 106
Dune
1970s
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
Silverstein Photography
LL/391
40 of 106
Cracked Mud Abstraction
1969
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10
Silverstein Photography
LL/393
41 of 106
Dune
1970s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
Silverstein Photography
LL/396
42 of 106
Ibex Dunes, California
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1444
43 of 106
Great Sand Dunes National Monument, CO
1975
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
Provided by the artist - Huntington Witherill
© 2006 Huntington Witherill (www.huntingtonwitherill.com - 00623)
LL/1480
44 of 106
White Sands National Monument, NM
1985
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
Provided by the artist - Huntington Witherill
© 2006 Huntington Witherill (www.huntingtonwitherill.com - 00903)
LL/1479
45 of 106
Oceana (Striated Dunes)
1934
Gelatin silver print
7 1/4 x 9 1/2
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3126
46 of 106
Untitled #9, White Sands, New Mexico
1946
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3125
47 of 106
Untitled #4, White Sands, New Mexico
1946
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3127
48 of 106
Untitled #1, White Sands, New Mexico
1946
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3128
49 of 106
Untitled #10, White Sands, New Mexico
1946
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 1/2
Barry Singer Gallery
LL/3129
50 of 106
Moonrise Over Cliff and Dunes
1976
Silver Gelatin print
22 x 28
Fahey / Klein Gallery
LL/4580
51 of 106
Elegant Dune
2002
Silver Gelatin print
22 x 28
Fahey / Klein Gallery
LL/4582
52 of 106
Dunes, Namibia
[Dunes]
2001
Gelatin silver print, toned
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5661
53 of 106
Dunes, Namibia
[Dunes]
2002
Gelatin silver print, toned
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5662
54 of 106
Dunes, Namibia
[Dunes]
2001
Gelatin silver print, toned
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5663
55 of 106
White Sands Dune
[Landscapes]
2007 (ca)
Pigment print, archival rag paper
Provided by the artist - Mitch Dobrowner
LL/21736
56 of 106
Meidoum, Egypt
1977
Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned
Private collection of Daniel Clauzier
LL/122513
57 of 106
Salt stones, Morocco
1977
Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Daniel Clauzier
LL/122514
58 of 106
Poles and Tracks, West Virgina
1989
Palladium print
30.5 x 50.8 cm (12 x 20 )
Galerie Johannes Faber
LL/1852
59 of 106
Florence, Trees and Sand Dunes
1957
Gelatin silver print
7 9/16 x 9 7/16 in (19.21 x 23.97 cm) (image)
Minneapolis Institute of Art - MIA
Minneapolis Institute for the Arts, The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund (76.50.2)
LL/7290
60 of 106
Die einsame Pflanze in der Wüste
1942 (taken) 1992 (print)
Gelatin silver print
25,4 × 25,4 cm (35,1 × 27,8 cm) (10 × 10 ins (13 ? × 11 ins))
Villa Grisebach Auktionen GmbH - Berlin
Auction 263, Photography, 30 November 2016, Lot 2053R
LL/70700
61 of 106
Woman on Dunes
1972
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in (24.8 x 19.7 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 261)
LL/33449 [Further details available]
62 of 106
Nude Dune Death Valley, California, D.V., Sand Dune #1
1954
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 10 1/4 ins (34.3 x 26 cm)
Sotheby's - New York
Courtesy of Sotheby's New York (Photographs, 6 April 2011, NO8730, Lot 18)
LL/43149
63 of 106
Sand Dune #1, Palm Desert, California
1975
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 ins (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 13, 2011, #2265, Lot 274)
LL/44966 [Further details available]
64 of 106
Curonian Spit (Kurische Nehrung)
1934
Gelatin silver print
Villa Grisebach Auktionen GmbH - Berlin
Auction 271, 31 May 2017, Lot: 2024
LL/76535
65 of 106
Twisted Dune
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - Michael Berman
3-5 03W_055
LL/15864
66 of 106
Untitled, Dune landscape
1920s (late) - 1930s
Gelatin silver print
3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in (8.5 x 13.5 cm)
KaufmaNelson Vintage Photographs
LL/24952 [Further details available]
67 of 106
Found Sculpture, San Rafael Desert, Utah
1963
Silver print
8 3/4 x 7 in (22.2 x 17.8 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction May 20, 2010, Sale 2215 Lot 377)
LL/37180 [Further details available]
68 of 106
Dunes No. 2
1993
Diana camera image
4 x 4 matted to 16 x 12
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1537
69 of 106
Dune Form #3, Death Valley, CA
1983
Provided by the artist - Huntington Witherill
© 2006 Huntington Witherill (www.huntingtonwitherill.com - 00812)
LL/10504
70 of 106
Guadalupe Range, US 62, East of ElPaso Tex
1933
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of John Rodden
LL/111184
71 of 106
Railroad tracks and water tanks in a desert
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of John Rodden
LL/111188
72 of 106
A man standing beside a wooden house in a desert
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of John Rodden
LL/111185
73 of 106
A man standing in a desert
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, snapshot
Private collection of John Rodden
LL/111186
74 of 106
Death Valley, California: sand dunes with mesquite near Stovepipe Wells
[Dream Pictures and Travelogues]
1920-1940 (ca)
Lantern slide, tinted
3 1/4 x 4 in.
University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library
Special Collections, Branson DeCou archive, Collection Call Number: MS 38, Accession Number: DC1.750.0231L
LL/105347
75 of 106
Dunes, California
1922
Autochrome
5 x 7 in
Private collection of Mark Jacobs
© Collection Mark Jacobs
LL/9025
76 of 106
Desert Landscape
n.d.
Paget plate
Private collection of Hugh Tifft
LL/107613
77 of 106
Monument Valley, Monument Valley, Utah
2003
Gelatin silver print
19.1 x 22.8
Andrew Smith Gallery
LL/2462
78 of 106
Back Bay II
2003
C-print
30 x 38 1/2
Location and source information requested
LL/195
79 of 106
Lightning Bolt, the Painted Desert, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
1996
Giclée print
15.8 x 19.75
Andrew Smith Gallery
LL/2575
80 of 106
Painted Desert
1982 (taken) 1986 (print)
Chromogenic print
18x23 in (45.7x58.4 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 15, 2008, #2146, Lot 553)
LL/28839 [Further details available]
81 of 106
Sunset, Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
1980
Cibachrome print
16 x 20
Andrew Smith Gallery
LL/2499
82 of 106
Desert Fire #001 (Burning Palms)
1983
Chromogenic color print
20 x 24 ins
Location and source information requested
© Richard Misrach, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
LL/33420 [Further details available]
83 of 106
Book cover for "Crimes and Splendors: the Desert Cantos of Richard Misrach" by Richard Misrach
1996
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1151
84 of 106
Communication tower, Libya Desert,- 30o 18' 12.46" N 18o 52' 35.12" E elev 16 m
2011, 17 March
Satellite imagery
Google Earth
LL/43271
85 of 106
Self Portrait, Seaside Heights, New Jersey
1985
Chromogenic print
Afterimage Gallery
LL/1525
86 of 106
A Black Hawk helicopter is transported by a CH-47 Chinook during a sling-load mission to Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Iraq.
2004, 17 May
Digital photograph
U.S. Army
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army
LL/2067
87 of 106
Dune, Death Valley
[California landscapes]
1999
Archivally processed Gelatin silver print, handpainted with oils
14 x 14 in
Provided by the artist - Saelon Renkes
© Saelon Renkes
LL/10783
88 of 106
n.d.
United States Geological Service
US Geological Service (Hill, C.L. 24cp)
LL/6621
89 of 106
Timothy O'Sullivan's ambulance wagon and portable darkroom used during the King Survey rolls across the sand dunes of Carson Desert, Nev.
1867
Albumen print
National Archives and Records Administration
Call Number: LOT 7096, no. 107
LL/35266 [Further details available]
90 of 106
Encampment in the desert
1910 (ca)
Chromolithograph
29 x 59 cm
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Courtesy of Bassenge, 19th-21st Century Photography, 6 June 2012, Lot: 4218
LL/47978
91 of 106
A camel in the desert
1870s (ca)
Albumen print
8.2 in x 10 in (218 mm x 255 mm)
Paul Frecker
LL/12877 [Further details available]
92 of 106
Prière dans le désert, Afrique du Nord
1910 (ca)
Silver print (Tirage argentique)
27.5 x 37 cm
Photo Verdeau
LL/39897
93 of 106
La prière, Sud Algérie
1904-1914
Musée de l'Elysée
© Lehnert & Landrock
LL/7932
94 of 106
A pause for prayers
n.d.
Photograph
Private collection of Jeff Nolte
LL/122516
95 of 106
The Road Through the Dunes
[Die Kunst in der Photographie (Art Folio #5)]
1892 (taken) 1900 (photogravure)
Photogravure, Chine-collé
14.6 x 20.1 cm
Photoseed
Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com
LL/18696 [Further details available]
96 of 106
Dans les Dunes de Kalwyck
[Photo-Club de Paris / 1895, Pl. XIII]
1895
Photogravure
Antiq-Photo
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com)
LL/9316 [Further details available]
97 of 106
'Fleeing a dust storm'. Farmer Arthur Coble and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimmaron County, Oklahoma
1936
Gelatin silver print, mounted to board
10 1/2 x 14
Silverstein Photography
LL/349 [Further details available]
98 of 106
Dust Storm in Rolla, Kansas; - 05/06/35; Dear Mr. Roosevelt, Darkness came when it hit us. Picture taken from water tower one hundred feet high. Yours Truly, Chas. P. Williams. - Photo: Massive Dark cloud approaching village in forefront.
1935, 14 April
Gelatin silver print
National Archives and Records Administration
[ARC Identifier: 195691]
LL/1653
99 of 106
Approaching Dust Storm in the Middle West
1935
Photograph
Kansas Historical Society
Item Number: 278 , Call Number: QC.9 STO.D .1935c *9, KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 278
LL/86870 [Further details available]
100 of 106
Result of Dust Storm in the Middle West
1930s
Photograph
Kansas Historical Society
Item Number: 209177, Call Number: QC.9 STO.D.1935c *17, KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209177
LL/86872 [Further details available]
101 of 106
Folk Photography Remembered. Oceano Dunes, California Coast
[Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written]
1950s
Gelatin silver print
Provided by the artist - Joe Schwartz
© Joe Schwartz, courtesy of the artist
LL/15058
102 of 106
California Desert
1948
Gelatin silver print
11 x 14
Staley+Wise Gallery
LL/5555
103 of 106
Untitled
1991
Gelatin silver print
13.6 x 19.8
Andrea Meislin Gallery
LL/2309
104 of 106
Ethiopia
1984
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/690
105 of 106
Dust Storm, Rajasthan, India
1983
Cibachrome print
16 x 20
Peter Fetterman Gallery
LL/549
106 of 106
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