Animations:

Visit
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

We've got you covered.
Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
Artle

A refreshed experience for our puzzle game
Today's puzzle

Visit
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

We've got you covered.
Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
Artle

A refreshed experience for our puzzle game
Today's puzzle

Massachusetts Turnpike

1973, printed 2005

Mitch Epstein

Artist, American, born 1952

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.

Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Medium

chromogenic print
Credit Line

Gift of Timothy and Suzanne Hyde in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 32.1 × 48.2 cm (12 5/8 × 19 in.)
sheet: 40.4 × 50.6 cm (15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
Accession

2016.124.1
Copyright

© Black River Productions, Ltd.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Timothy and Suzanne Hyde, Alexandria, VA; gift to NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Timothy and Suzanne Hyde

Exhibition History

2015

Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

2025

The '70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 6, 2024–April 6, 2025

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: ME. / MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE 1973 1/10; lower left in graphite: (4.2005)

Wikidata ID

Q64158333

You may be interested in