Silvas Oil Company

Artist

Robert von Sternberg (American, b. 1939)

Date

2012

Medium

Inkjet print

Dimensions

Image : 11 x 16 1/2 in. (27.94 x 41.91 cm)
Sheet : 12.9 x 18 7/8 in. (32.86 x 47.94 cm)
Mat : 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Artist

Object Number

2017.11.1

Label

California-based photographer Robert von Sternberg tries to find beauty in the often overlooked landscapes of suburban America. His images typically contain no people, thereby leaving space for viewers to enter the picture mentally and create their own narratives. Von Sternberg has a special penchant for night scenes where the contrast between natural darkness and artificial light gives the images a haunting, mysterious quality.