Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells-Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont
1991, printed 2001
Artist, Canadian, born 1955
Edward Burtynsky
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
chromogenic print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 101.6 × 127.64 cm (40 × 50 1/4 in.)
framed: 132.08 × 157.48 × 3.18 cm (52 × 62 × 1 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.117.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Charles Cowles Gallery, New York); Richard and Elizabeth Hedreen, Seattle, WA, 2001; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Ed Burtynsky; on backboard, lower right printed in black ink on applied gallery label: Charles Cowles Gallery, Inc. / NEW ADDRESS IN CHELSEA [in red ink] / 537 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011 / Tel 212 925-3500 Fax 212 925-3501; on backboard, lower right printed in black ink on applied label: Burtynsky, Edward / Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, Wells- / Lamson Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991 / chromogenic print, AP2 / 40 x 50", 52 x 62" F / CCG/01/EB/10140; lower right printed in black ink: Title: Rock of Ages #7, Active Granite Section, / Wells-Lamson Quarry, Vermont 1991 AP2 / Original: 4x5 colour negative / Printed: 2001 on Kodak Professional paper / Artist: Edward Burtynsky