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A color photograph of a smoky forest and several small fires in the leaves beneath the trees.
A color photograph of a smoky forest and several small fires in the leaves beneath the trees.

Understory Flareups, Fourth of July Creek, Valley Road Wild Fire, Custer County, Idaho, 2005

Laura McPhee (b. 1958)

Object Details

  • Date

    2005

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Dye coupler print

  • Dimensions

    72 1/2 x 93 in.

  • Edition

    3/5

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase with the assistance of the Stieglitz Circle

  • Accession Number

    P2006.16

  • Copyright

    © 2005 Laura McPhee

Additional details

Location: Off view
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