Outside Amarillo

Artist M. J. Sharp American, born 1960

Date2006

MediumDigital glossy C-print

Dimensionsimage: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 39 1/8 × 31 × 1 7/8 in. (99.4 × 78.7 × 4.8 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art

Object number2012.15

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ProvenanceCreated near Amarillo, TX, 2006; collection of the artist, Durham, NC; sold to NCMA, 2012.Published ReferencesJill Waterman, Night and Low-Light Photography: Professional Techniques from Experts for Artistic and Commercial Success (New York: Amphoto Books, 2008).Exhibition HistoryCharlottesville, VA, Second Street Gallery, "Landscape at the Limit," March 2-April 28, 2007.

Chapel Hill, Ackland Art Museum, UNC-Chapel Hill, "New Currents in Contemporary Art," April 13-May 13, 2007.

Durham, NC, Cassilhaus Gallery, "Frank and MJ Pick the Super Yummies," December 1-31, 2009.

Durham, NC, Craven Allen Gallery, "Light Cache," December 3, 2011-February 11, 2012.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Close to Home,” August 18, 2013–February 9, 2014.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “Reflections on Light: Works from the NCMA Collection,” [Part 1] September 9, 2020–April 4, 2021.

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