Coal Extra Passing Over Blue Ridge Grande, East of Roanoke, Virginia

January 1958

Ogle Winston Link

Associated Names
Ogle Winston Link

Artist, American, 1914 - 2001

The image depicts a landscape with a steam locomotive pulling freight cars, moving left to right from an elevated point of view. The horizon shows leafless trees and a distant wood line. A dense plume of smoke rises from the train, dominating the upper part of the composition. The color palette is monochromatic, emphasizing the contrast between the train and smoke. Grass, a fence line, and slopes can be seen below the train. Hills, trees, and more distant scenery provide depth to the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 39.37 × 48.9 cm (15 1/2 × 19 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

O. Winston Link, Madison, WI; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 19 May 2000; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right corner in graphite: Printed by / O. Winston Link / 3-8b; upper left corner: NW1652 / PCF63 / ARCH / 3-86; stamped in black ink, lower right corner: © O. Winston Link 1982 / NOTICE! / THIS PHOTOGRAPH MUST / NOT BE REPRODUCED EITHER / WHOLE OR IN PART BY ANY / METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHIC OR / ART, FOR ANY PURPOSE WITH- / OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION / FROM / O. WINSTON LINK / 381 PARK AVE. SOUTH / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 / COPYRIGHT NO. [handwritten in black ink]: NW 1652

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