Artwork Details
- Title
- Sierra Snow: Sunrise on East Face
- Artist
- Date
- 1974
- Location
- Dimensions
- 8 3⁄8 x 20 x 20 in. (21.3 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson, Martha Jackson Memorial Collection
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- mixed media: polyurethane, plexiglas and painted wood
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — mountain
- Object Number
- 1980.137.91
Artwork Description
Sam Richardson’s Sierra Series was the result of a happy accident. While traveling across the country, a storm caused his plane to change direction and fly over an area of the Rockies. Richardson had seen the mountains from the ground before, and always had been fascinated with the formation of the snowdrifts, but seeing these from above gave him a new perspective. Pieces in the Sierra Series are composed from a thin layer of plastic that has been formed and painted to resemble delicate peaks and ridges of snow.