**Originally Listed At $250**

J. Barry Thompson (American, b. 1948). "Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado" black and white photograph, n.d. A stunning photograph of Colorado's magnificent Great Sand Dunes by J. Barry Thompson capturing their natural beauty - those elegant crescents, rolling contours, and remarkable textured sand patterns - in dramatic black and white. The Great Sand Dunes are the tallest wind-produced dunes of North America with some mounds rising more than 700 feet high! In addition to southern Colorado, Thompson has traveled throughout the American West, capturing Big Sur, Death Valley, the Sierras, the Grand Canyon, as well as the Colorado Plateau with his lens. Size (sight view): 9.625" L x 18.625" W (24.4 cm x 47.3 cm) Size (frame): 15" L x 23.875" W (38.1 cm x 60.6 cm)

According to Michel M. Geary, author of "Sea of Sand: A History of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve" (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016), "The Great Sand Dunes sprawl along the eastern fringes of the vast San Luis Valley of south central Colorado, covering an area of nearly thirty square miles. They are the tallest aeolian (wind-produced) dunes in North America, heaping mounds of sand that tower more than 700 feet above the valley floor. The Great Sand Dunes also serve as a cultural crossroads for more than 10,000 years of human history, from Paleolithic big-game hunters to nomadic Native Americans, Spanish conquistadors, transcontinental explorers, hard rock miners, and modern-day tourists in motor homes."

J. Barry Thompson's photographs have been collected by the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts; Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona; Cornell Fine Arts Center in Winter Park, Florida; Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona; Fleming Museum in Burlington, Vermont; Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Garden in San Marino, California; Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida; Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, Wisconsin; Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona; National Park Service, Grand Canyon, Arizona; Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona; Sheldon Memorial Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska; Spencer Art Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, and St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, Florida.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#175946

Mounted in custom matte and frame behind glass. Fit with suspension wire. A few scuffs and chips to the frame finish as shown. Photo has not been examined outside the frame but appears to be excellent. Fit with suspension wire.