John Pfahl

American, 1939-2020

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Flooded Trees, Nichols, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

Artwork Details

Materials

Endura chromogenic color print

Edition:

9/30

Measurements

support: 20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Mildred Bork Conners & Joseph E. Conners Fund, 2005

Accession ID

P2005:2.6

Object Classifications:

Photographs

Work Type:

Chromogenic color print

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Four Corners Power Plant (morning), Farmington, New Mexico, 1982

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania, 1982

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Pacific Gas and Electric Plant, Morro Bay, California, 1983

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Ginna Nuclear Plant, Lake Ontario, New York, 1982

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Navajo Generating Station (morning), Lake Powell, Arizona, 1984

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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, San Clemente, California, 1981

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View of Varenna, Lake Como, Italy from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1996 (printed 1997)

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Grotto at Rydal Falls, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

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Villa Cipressi from the Villa Monastero, Lake Como, Italy from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1996 (printed 1997)

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Lake Windermere from Claife Heights, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

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Tintern Abbey Interior, West Window (after Sir John Herschel) from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993 (printed 1997)

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Mynach Falls at Devil's Bridge, North Wales from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993 (printed 1997)

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Rydal Water from Nab Cottage, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

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River Wye near Brockweir, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993 (printed 1997)

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Tintern Abbey Exterior, River Wye, South Wales from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993 (printed 1997)

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Gardens of the Villa Melzi, Lake Como, Italy from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1996 (printed 1997)

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Placid Sunset, Nichols, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

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"touched by clouds" from the series Scrolls, 2006

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"blue mountain island" from the series Scrolls, 2006

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"glowering embers" from the series Scrolls, 2006

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Dr. Wadsworth's Tree, Chautauqua, NY from the series Extreme Horticulture, 1999

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Podocarpus Cubes, MOCA Plaza, Los Angeles, CA from the series Extreme Horticulture, 2000

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#2 Bundle Pile, Salvage Yard, Connecticut (contains refrigerators) from the series Piles, 1994

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Commingled Waste Pile, Lacawanna County Recycling Center, Scranton, PA from the series Piles, 1994

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Nursery Topsoil Pile (summer), Lancaster, NY from the series Piles, 1994

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Route 89, Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona, June 1980

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Net and Ship, 1978

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Moonrise over Pie Pan, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 1977

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Salt Lake X, Great Salt Lake, Utah from the series Altered Landscapes, 1977

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hoary gleam from the series Niagara Sublime, 1995

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Moose and Arrow, Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming from the series Altered Landscapes, 1977

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Australian Pines, Fort DeSoto, Florida from the series Altered Landscapes, 1977

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Slanting Forest, Artpark, Lewiston, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming #3 from the series Métamorphoses de la Terre, 2010

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Canyon Point, Zion National Park, Utah, 1977

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Bagel Pile, South Buffalo, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1976

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Necker Cube, Penland, North Carolina from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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Minuteman Missle/Galisteo Petroglyphs from the series Missle/Glyphs, 1984-1985

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Music II, Ellicottville, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1974

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Shed with Blue Dotted Lines, Penland, North Carolina from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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into the void from the series Niagara Sublime, 1996

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Blue Right-angle, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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Yellow Right-angle, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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Red Right-angle, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

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Collection Highlights

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Une Laveuse au Quai d'Anjou (Laundress on the Quai d'Anjou), ca. 1860

Honoré Daumier
Orange Crush, 1963

Larry Poons
Born, 2002

Kiki Smith
The Lady's Last Stake, 1759

William Hogarth
Soft Manhattan #1 (Postal Zones), 1966

Claes Oldenburg
Femme cousant (Woman Sewing), ca. 1879

Berthe Morisot
untitled (to Donna) 6, 1971

Dan Flavin
Untitled, 1997

Martin Puryear
Over the Edge, 1992

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Flooded Trees, Nichols, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

Artwork Details

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