Eagle Works, Claremont, New Jersey

1944

Gordon Parks

Associated Names
Gordon Parks

Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

The image shows an industrial scene with tank cars, storage tanks arranged in rows with pipes and structures. In the background, a city skyline appears through a light haze. The horizon is central with the cityscape rising, surrounded by a sky with white fluffy clouds and darker smoke clouds. The photo is predominantly monochrome with varying shades of gray, depicting industrial activity near an urban area.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.3 × 19 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.118

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 31 January 1995; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite perpendicular: 12474; top right in black ink: 12474; center printed in black ink on applied paper: Parks Eagle Works, Claremont, July, '44 / New Jersey / 12474 Tank csrs [sic] unloading their cargoes of / basic stocks at the Eagle Works, Clare- / mont, New Jersey.; lower center Standard Oil credit stamp in red ink crossed out in graphite; lower right Standard Oil stamp in red ink; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: PW 7129; bottom center: 044915

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