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Tide Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, France

1982, printed 1995
(American, b. 1944)
America, 20th century
Gelatin silver print
Image: 16.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 in.); Paper: 17.5 x 24 cm (6 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2022.62
Edition: print no. 2
Location: not on view
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William Clift was a close friend of Georgia O'Keeffe and photographed her numerous times; see 1990.111 and 2019.93.

Description

During visits to France in 1977 and 1981–82, architectural and landscape photographer William Clift photographed in and around the majestic abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel. Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island and was originally accessible via a causeway only at low tides. The tide pool in Clift’s photograph echoes the island's isolation from the mainland but with an inversion: the tide pool is composed of rocks and water, and the "water" surrounding it is dry sand.
Tide Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, France

Tide Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, France

1982, printed 1995

William Clift

(American, b. 1944)
America, 20th century

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