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John Pfahl

American, 1939-2020

John Pfahl (right) with Chief Curator Douglas Dreishpoon at the Members' Opening for Landscape at the Millennium: Installations by Tobi Kahn and Pat Steir; Nineteenth-Century Paintings from the Parrish Art Museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, which included Pfahl's Permutations on the Picturesque, November 29, 1999. Photograph by Tom Loonan.

Works by This Artist

Goodyear #25, Niagara Falls, NY, 1989

John Pfahl
Bethlehem #72, Lackawanna, NY, 1988

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

John Pfahl
11/10/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (pumpkins), 1993

John Pfahl
9/28/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (honeydew and slug), 1992

John Pfahl
10/12/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (pears), 1992

John Pfahl
12/11/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (swiss chard), 1992

John Pfahl
1/30/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (orange peels & fennel), 1993

John Pfahl
1/26/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (fennel), 1993

John Pfahl
1/15/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (bananas & red pepper), 1993

John Pfahl
3/30/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (frozen peas), 1993

John Pfahl
12/27/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (red cabbage), 1992

John Pfahl
10/15/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (barbeque ashes), 1992

John Pfahl
9/19/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (corn & pinto beans), 1992

John Pfahl
11/6/94 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (brussel sprouts & ginko leaves), 1994

John Pfahl
Four Corners Power Plant (evening), Farmington, New Mexico, 1982

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

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

John Pfahl
Ginna Nuclear Plant, Lake Ontario, New York, 1982

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

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

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

John Pfahl
Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993-1996 (printed 1997)

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

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

John Pfahl
View from the Villa Melzi (after William Henry Fox Talbot) from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1996 (printed 1997)

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

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

John Pfahl
Dolwyddelen Castle, North Wales from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1993 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
Monte di Tremezzo from Fiumelatte, Lake Como, Italy from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1996 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
Horse at Rydal Water, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

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

John Pfahl
Lake Windermere towards the South, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
West's First Station, Lake Windermere, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

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

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

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

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

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

John Pfahl
Airey Force, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
Castelrigg Stone Circle, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
Coniston Water, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
Derwentwater towards Borrowdale, Lake District, England from the portfolio Permutations on the Picturesque, 1995 (printed 1997)

John Pfahl
in grandest garb arrayed from the series Niagara Sublime, 1994

John Pfahl
down dashed torrent from the series Niagara Sublime, 1994

John Pfahl
White Lightning, Dry Salt Flat, near Delles, Utah from the series Altered Landscapes, 1977

John Pfahl
Blue Grid, Lackawanna, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

John Pfahl
Six Oranges, Delaware Park, Buffalo, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

John Pfahl
Red Setters in Red Field, Charlotte, North Carolina from the series Altered Landscapes, 1976

John Pfahl
Big Dipper, Charlotte, North Carolina from the series Altered Landscapes, 1976

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

John Pfahl
View from the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (#1), 1993-2003

John Pfahl
View from the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (#3), 1993-2003

John Pfahl
View from the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (#4), 1993-2003

John Pfahl
View from the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (#2), 1993-2003

John Pfahl
View from Mifflinville Bridge, Miffinville, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Sunset on Mahantango Mountain, Liverpool, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Morning Light on Railroad Viaduct, Harrisburg, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Springtime View of Three Mile Island, Middletown, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Lake Otsego Sunrise, Cooperstown, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Morning Mist near Owego, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Sunrise, Mouth of the Susquehanna, Havre de Grace, Md. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Fisherman at Shamokin Dam, Shamokin Dam, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

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

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

John Pfahl
Birth of the Susquehanna, Lake Otsego, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Hyner View, Allegheny Mountains, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Reflected Trees and Islands, Liverpool, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Sunset near Shickshinny Mt., Shickshinny, Pa. from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
Jewell Weed Riverbank, Hoopers Valley, NY from the series Luminous River, 2004

John Pfahl
"touched by clouds" from the series Scrolls, 2006

John Pfahl
"blue mountain island" from the series Scrolls, 2006

John Pfahl
"glowering embers" from the series Scrolls, 2006

John Pfahl
Wall with Bougainvillea, Los Feliz, CA from the series Extreme Horticulture, 2000

John Pfahl
Relaxed Euphorbia, Lotusland, Montecito, CA from the series Extreme Horticulture, 2000

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

John Pfahl
Burlap Garden in New Subdivision, Pismo Beach, CA from the series Extreme Horticulture, 2000

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

John Pfahl
Motor Block Pile, Salvage Yard, Connecticut from the series Piles, 1996

John Pfahl
Can Pile, Salvage Yard, Connecticut from the series Piles, 1996

John Pfahl
Azalea Maze, J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA from the series Extreme Horticulture, 2000

John Pfahl
Toxic Waste Reclamation Site, Niagara Falls, NY from the series Piles, 1996

John Pfahl
Sawdust Pile, Tioga Corners, PA from the series Piles, 1997

John Pfahl
Covered Sand Pile, Highway Department, Danby, NY from the series Piles, 1996

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

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

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

John Pfahl
Nursery Topsoil Pile (winter), Lancaster, NY from the series Piles, 1994

John Pfahl
Bethlehem #41 from the series Smoke, 1988

John Pfahl
Bethlehem #16 from the series Smoke, 1988

John Pfahl
"clair de lune" from the series Scrolls, 2006

John Pfahl
Leviathan from the series Niagara Sublime, 1995

John Pfahl
silent thunder from the series Niagara Sublime, 1994

John Pfahl
C&D Pile, Modern Salvage Company, Model City, NY from the series Piles, 1996

John Pfahl
Route 89, Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona, June 1980

John Pfahl
Net and Ship, 1978

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

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

John Pfahl
hoary gleam from the series Niagara Sublime, 1995

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

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

John Pfahl
Canyon Point, Zion National Park, Utah, 1977

John Pfahl
Wave, Lave, Lace, Pescadero Beach, California from the series Altered Landscapes, 1978

John Pfahl
Great Salt Lake Angles, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1977

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

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

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

John Pfahl
into the void from the series Niagara Sublime, 1996

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

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

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

John Pfahl
Pink Rock Rectangle, Artpark, Lewiston, New York from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

John Pfahl
Triangle, Bermuda from the series Altered Landscapes, 1975

John Pfahl
10/3/92 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (pineapple), 1992

John Pfahl
8/31/93 from The Very Rich Hours of a Compost Pile (watermelon rinds), 1993

John Pfahl
One Alpenrose Drive, Ketchum, Idaho, April 1980

John Pfahl
Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2010

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Checkerboard Mesa, Utah from the series Métamorphoses de la Terre, 2010

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Bethlehem #73 from the series Smoke, 1988

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Bethlehem #158 from the series Smoke, 1988

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
O-Cel-O #7 from the series Smoke, 1989

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming #3 from the series Métamorphoses de la Terre, 2010

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Lower Yellowstone Falls, Wyoming from the series Métamorphoses de la Terre, 2010

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Minuteman Missle/Galisteo Petroglyphs from the series Missle/Glyphs, 1984-1985

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it
Midway Geyser, Wyoming #1, 2010

John Pfahl

No image available,
but we’re working on it

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Installation view of A Distanced Land: The Photographs of John Pfahl

A Distanced Land: The Photographs of John Pfahl

November 16, 1990–January 6, 1991

Installation view of Landscape at the Millennium: Installations by Tobi Kahn and Pat Steir; Nineteenth-Century Paintings from the Parrish Art Museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Landscape at the Millennium: Installations by Tobi Kahn and Pat Steir; Nineteenth-Century Paintings from the Parrish Art Museum and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

November 20, 1999–January 2, 2000

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