Canadian National Yard, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

August 1990

James Welling

Associated Names
James Welling

Artist, American, born 1951

This is a photograph of a train locomotive. The image shows a black and white side view of a locomotive on a railway track with the number "9540" displayed. The train's surface has a pattern of diagonal stripes, wear, and texture. Multiple sets of railway tracks are visible below it, with a pale sky above and foliage in the background. The overall tone conveys industrial power and utility.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 24 × 28.4 cm (9 7/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
    mount: 28 × 35.7 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.158.41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Welling, New York; gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, signed by artist, lower left in graphite: James Welling; by artist, upper left in graphite: 128A [circled in blue crayon]; upper left in blue crayon: Jay [?] James show; upper left in graphite: RR #128 / vintage print / Kodak ELITE; lower center: Canadian National Yard / Ottawa, Ontario; 1990; by unknown hand, bottom center in black ink: JW; bottom center printed in black ink on applied label: James Welling / CN, Ottawa, Ontario; 1990

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