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Peter Brown Art

American, b. 1967
Peter Brown has photographed the open landscape and small towns of the High Plains for the past thirty years. He lives in Houston with his wife Jill Fryar. He often collaborates with writers and is the author of Seasons of Light, with Denise Levertov, On The Plains, with Kathleen Norris, West of Last Chance with Kent Haruf, Habiter L’Ouest with John Brinckerhoff Jackson and Hometown Texas, with Joe Holley. An English language version of Habiter L’Ouest, (To Live in the West) will be published in 2019. His work has been collected by and exhibited in a variety of museums including the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, The Amon Carter Museum, the Stanford Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art among others. He has been the recipient of an Individual Artist's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, the Imogen Cunningham Award, and grants from the Graham Foundation and the Arts Alliance of Houston. Brown’s photography and writing have appeared in many journals, including Harpers, DoubleTake, Life, PDN, The New Yorker, Aperture, American Photographer, Texas Monthly, 5280, The New York Times Magazine and SPOT. He has a BA in English and an MFA in Art from Stanford University and has taught at both Stanford and at Rice where he now teaches at the Glasscock School. He was named Photographer/Educator of the year by Houston Center for Photography and was awarded the inaugural Glasscock School Teaching Prize. An art gallery at the Glasscock School was created and named in his honor in 2014. He is a founding member of Houston Center for Photography, where he serves on the Advisory Council, and has served on the Art Board of FotoFest and the Hirsch Library Board at the MFAH. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the Glasscock School. November 3, 2008 was declared ”Peter Brown Day” by the mayor of Houston in recognition of his service to the arts.
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Burritos, Tahoka, Texas by Peter Brown, 2004, Archival Pigment Print

Burritos, Tahoka, Texas by Peter Brown, 2004, Archival Pigment Print

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Burritos, Tahoka, Texas by Peter Brown depicts a red brick building on a street corner, with "BURRITOS" painted in white above the white door. Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin. Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in. Series: Hometown Texas Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain, Big Bend National Park
West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain, Big Bend National Park

West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain, Big Bend National Park

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

West Texas: Full Moon over the Chisos Mountain depicts a desert landscape at dusk, with a full moon rising over the mountains. The last light of the setting sun hits the distant mountain range, and wispy clouds...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown, 1989, Archival Pigment Print
Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown, 1989, Archival Pigment Print

Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown, 1989, Archival Pigment Print

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown is a color archival pigment print depicting the front of the Barron theater along a street. The movie theater's sign promotes a bargain show and the premiere of Ghostbusters 2. The theater sits in between two stores, the Ladies' Nook to its left, and the Total Image Salon to it's right. The stores appear closed, with covered windows and empty parking spaces out in front. Edition of 25 Signed and dated by Peter Brown 16 x 20 in. *Images and video show print in size 16 x 20 in. Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

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20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

HAC Brummett Lawyer, Dickens, Texas, from On The Plains

HAC Brummett Lawyer, Dickens, Texas, from On The Plains

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered by Peter Brown. On The Plains (1999) Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University...

Category

1980s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Inkjet

Charlie's Market, Ashby, Nebraska, from West of Last Chance series
Charlie's Market, Ashby, Nebraska, from West of Last Chance series

Charlie's Market, Ashby, Nebraska, from West of Last Chance series

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signature and date written in black ink on print verso. Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in. *Images and video show p...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Levelland, TX - Plowed field, dirt, farm, landscape, minimal, horizon
Levelland, TX - Plowed field, dirt, farm, landscape, minimal, horizon

Levelland, TX - Plowed field, dirt, farm, landscape, minimal, horizon

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Levelland, TX by Peter Brown is a color photograph of a plowed dirt field, stretching out into the horizon to a dusty blue sky. C-Print 18 x 22 in. Ed. 11/25 Title, signature, date ...

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1990s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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C Print

Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown, 2003, Archival Pigment Print, Photography

Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown, 2003, Archival Pigment Print, Photography

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown depicts an empty theater found in a West Texas town. The theater is painted white with accents of bright red and yellow. "Texas" is painted above the doors of the theater, and a large yellow star rests in between two windows. Bronte, Texas by Peter Brown is listed as a 20 x 24 inch archival pigment print, available in an edition of 25. This photograph is signed and dated by Peter Brown. This photograph is published in Peter Brown's book, West of Last Chance in 2008. This photograph is also available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints. Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Limon, Colorado
Limon, Colorado

Limon, Colorado

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 C-print 32 x 40 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Peter Print Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Available framed in 32 x 40 in for $6250 Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

C Print

Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds
Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds

Three Antique Hand Colored Engravings of Birds

By Peter Brown

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Three 18th century hand colored engravings of parrot specimens as depicted by Peter Brown, an artist and naturalist, working in London England. Originally published in 1776 in a foli...

Category

Late 18th Century Naturalistic Peter Brown Art

Materials

Engraving

Sunflowers in Snow, Bennett, Colorado

Sunflowers in Snow, Bennett, Colorado

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown. 20 x 24 in. Series: West of Last Chance Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Controlled Burn, High Island, Texas

Controlled Burn, High Island, Texas

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Series: Hometown Texas Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 16 x 2...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cake Palace, Tahoka, Texas

Cake Palace, Tahoka, Texas

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered by Peter Brown Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown, 2002, Archival Pigment Print
North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown, 2002, Archival Pigment Print

North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown, 2002, Archival Pigment Print

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

North Texas: Plowed Field, Patricia by Peter Brown presents a sublime scene. The plowed, warm toned dirt stretches far into the horizon, leading to the bright blue sky. Lush green grass frames the edge of the soil. Archival Pigment Print Image size: 19.25 x 24 in. Paper size: 22 x 26 inches. Edition of 25. Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown. From Peter Brown's series, Hometown Texas. Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Central Texas: Odeon Theater, Mason, Texas
Central Texas: Odeon Theater, Mason, Texas

Central Texas: Odeon Theater, Mason, Texas

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin. Paper size: 18 x 22 in., Image size: 13 1/2 x 20 in. Series: Hometown Texas *Images and video show print in size 18 x...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom, Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park
West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom, Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park

West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom, Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Archival Pigment Print Image size: 13 1/2 x 20 in. Paper size: 18 x 22 in. Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Available in an edition of 25, with more sizes available From the series, Hometown Texas. West Texas: Ocotillo in Bloom by Peter Brown depicts a desert landscape lit by the setting sun, with the Mule Ears Peaks at Big Bend National Park in the background. Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

North Texas: Drummond Lumber, Co, Paducah, TX

North Texas: Drummond Lumber, Co, Paducah, TX

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and dated on print margin. Available in the following sizes: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 4...

Category

2010s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cotton Center, TX

Cotton Center, TX

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and dated on print margin. West of Last Chance 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 P...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

C Print

North Texas: Ivanhoe State Bank, Lipscomb

North Texas: Ivanhoe State Bank, Lipscomb

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Archival pigment print Paper size: 22 x 26 in., Image size: 19 1/4 x 24 in. Series: Hometown Texas Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 11 x 14 in. $1400 16 x 20 in. $2300 20 x 24 in. $2900 28 x 35 in. $4600 32 x 40 in. $5800 36 x 45 in. $6300 Peter Brown attended Stanford University (BA English, MFA Photography) and has taught in the art departments at Rice and at Stanford. He has exhibited and published his work widely. His photographic awards include the Dorothea Lange – Paul Taylor Prize (with Kent Haruf) from the Duke Center for Documentary Studies; an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for a photo-essay published in DoubleTake; an Imogen Cunningham Award for his portfolio Seasons of Light; a graduate fellowship from the Carnegie Foundation; an Artist’s Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts; an Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and a publication grant from the Graham Foundation. His book On the Plains won the Fred Whitehead Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. He presently is photographing the Llano Estacado of Texas and New Mexico under a grant from the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University and the central high plains in a collaboration with the novelist Kent Haruf. His book with Haruf, West of Last Chance, will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2008. His photographs are in many public, private, university and corporate collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Menil Collection in Houston, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Stanford University Museum of Art, the Rice University Collection, The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas Austin, the Sheldon Museum at the University of Nebraska, the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas, the Snipe Museum at Notre Dame, and the University of Kentucky Museum of Art, among many others. His work has been exhibited in one man and group shows in museums and galleries in this country and abroad. Among others: The Museum of Modern Art in New York; The Museum of Fine Arts and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His first book Seasons of Light, consisted of photographs of interior scenes with Brown’s short prose pieces, and was published with an afterword and poetry by Denise Levertov by Rice University Press in 1988. It was excerpted in American Photographer. His second, On The Plains, dealt with the open landscape and small towns of the western plains. Published with an introduction by Kathleen Norris by W.W. Norton, On the Plains was excerpted in DoubleTake, LIFE, The New Yorker, Aperture and Texas Monthly. His forthcoming book West of Last Chance, will be excerpted in Harpers, Texas Monthly and 5280. His work has also appeared in Dwell, House and Garden, Landscape Architecture, Duke, Stanford, Popular Photography, American Photographer, FotoMetro, Southwest Art, American Cowboy and other magazines - as well as on the covers of books by Annie Proulx, Jane Smiley...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

North Texas: Grain elevators, Pastor Lopez, Michoacana restaurant, Perryton

North Texas: Grain elevators, Pastor Lopez, Michoacana restaurant, Perryton

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 14 x 11 1/4 in. Series: Hometown Texas Peter Brown attended Stanfo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bird City, Kansas (Museum), from West of Last Chance
Bird City, Kansas (Museum), from West of Last Chance

Bird City, Kansas (Museum), from West of Last Chance

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and dated in black ink on print verso by Peter Brown Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in. Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Available in additio...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Jail, Clairemont, TX

Jail, Clairemont, TX

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in black ink on print verso by Peter Brown C-print Paper size: 20 x 24 in., Image size: 18 x 22 1/2 in. Available in additional size...

Category

1990s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

C Print

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Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness
Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness

Futuro - iconic midcentury futuristic architectural design in icy wilderness

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Loneliness- Signed limited edition nature print, Tree, Field, Green panorama
Loneliness- Signed limited edition nature print, Tree, Field, Green panorama

Loneliness- Signed limited edition nature print, Tree, Field, Green panorama

By Laurent Campus

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Loneliness - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 2011 - Edition of 8 This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm , ...

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2010s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Paper, Color, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment

'Youth and the Wise' Contemporary landscape photograph Spring flowers green pink
'Youth and the Wise' Contemporary landscape photograph Spring flowers green pink

'Youth and the Wise' Contemporary landscape photograph Spring flowers green pink

By Sophia Milligan

Located in Penzance, GB

'Youth and the Wise' ('Mono No Aware' Series) 24 x 36" edition Limited edition archival photograph, hand signed and numbered. Unframed _________________ Woven together into richly textured, poetic photographic artworks is the acknowledgement that in all things there is balance: In the sensual interplay of light and shadow; in virial life and peaceful dormancy; in the enduring and the effervescent. Using intricate layering of double exposure photographic techniques, Sophia expresses the moments of chaos and harmony; and of the fleeting magic and serene stillness within...

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2010s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Giclée, Archi...

"SF DRIVE 0045" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

"SF DRIVE 0045" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

By Ben Cope

Located in Culver City, CA

"SF DRIVE 0045" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a tube ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Laurel Forest, Portugal – Colour Fine Art Photograph – Limited Edition
Laurel Forest, Portugal – Colour Fine Art Photograph – Limited Edition

Laurel Forest, Portugal – Colour Fine Art Photograph – Limited Edition

By Gerald Berghammer

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Archival pigment ink print, produced in a limited edition of 8 // Gallery ID: 21226 Fine art prints are produced to order on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta. Each print is stamped on the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 0164) Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

Untitled (Nr. 0164) Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

By Ben Cope

Located in Culver City, CA

Untitled (Nr. 0164) Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a tu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly
Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly

Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly

By Rowan Daly

Located in Culver City, CA

Untitled (Nr. 2473) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Ben Co...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)

Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography)

By David Burdeny

Located in New York City, NY

Piazza of Shadows, Milan, Italy (Color Photography) Edition of 5 + 2AP Archival Pigment Print Framed “These works present my abiding interest in the thresholds that divide and conne...

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2010s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

Passing Under  ( 27 x 40" / 69 x 102cm )
Passing Under  ( 27 x 40" / 69 x 102cm )

Passing Under ( 27 x 40" / 69 x 102cm )

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Passing Under by Erik Pawassar 27 x 40 inches (69 x 102cm) edition of 25 signed 48 x 71 inches (122 x 180cm) edition of 7 signed archival fine art pigment print signed & numbered...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée

"Grand Canyon 0057" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

"Grand Canyon 0057" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope

By Ben Cope

Located in Culver City, CA

"Grand Canyon 0057" Landscape Photography 44" x 36" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a tu...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mayenne -Signed limited edition Landscape print, Color photo, Contemporary
Mayenne -Signed limited edition Landscape print, Color photo, Contemporary

Mayenne -Signed limited edition Landscape print, Color photo, Contemporary

By Ian Sanderson

Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona

Mayenne - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, 1992 - Edition of 5 This image was captured on film. The negative was scanned creating a digital file which was then pr...

Category

1990s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Photographic Film, Pigment, Gic...

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Ivanhoe State Bank, and Jail, Clairemont
Ivanhoe State Bank, and Jail, Clairemont

Ivanhoe State Bank, and Jail, Clairemont

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Two photographs: 1) North Texas: Ivanhoe State Bank, Lipscomb, 2010 Archival pigment print, 20 x 24 in. Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin by Peter Brown Edition of 25...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

Sunflowers in Snow, Bennett, Colorado

Sunflowers in Snow, Bennett, Colorado

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin. 20 x 24 in. Series: West of Last Chance Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 16 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains
West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains

West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains Archival pigment print Paper size: 32 x 40 in., Image size: 26 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in bla...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains

West Texas: Fort Davis plain from Davis Mountains

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and numbered in black ink on print margin. 32 x 40 in. Series: Hometown Texas Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of 25 prints: 16 x 20 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

Dimmitt Meat Company, Dimmitt, TX; Jail, Claremont, TX; and Plowed Field
Dimmitt Meat Company, Dimmitt, TX; Jail, Claremont, TX; and Plowed Field

Dimmitt Meat Company, Dimmitt, TX; Jail, Claremont, TX; and Plowed Field

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

1. Dimmitt Meat Company, Dimmitt, TX 16 x 20 in. 2. Jail, Claremont, TX, 16 x 20 in. 3. Plowed Field, Patricia, TX, 28 x 25 in. All three prints are signed and numbered by Peter Bro...

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1990s Contemporary Peter Brown Art

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Archival Pigment

Bronte, Texas

Peter BrownBronte, Texas, 2003

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H 20 in W 24 in D 0.1 in

Bronte, Texas

By Peter Brown

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 25 Signed and dated by Peter Brown Archival pigment print, 20 x 24 in. Published: West of Last Chance (2008) Available in additional sizes, limited to a single edition of...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Peter Brown Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Peter Brown art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Peter Brown art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Peter Brown in pigment print, archival pigment print, c print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Peter Brown art, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Paul Raphaelson, John Griebsch, and Amy Stein. Peter Brown art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,300 and tops out at $6,400, while the average work can sell for $2,900.

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