Chillers Tanks at Mid Continental Refinery, Tulsa, Oklahoma

October 1942

John Vachon

Associated Names
John Vachon

Artist, American, 1914 - 1975

This is a photograph of four large industrial storage silos in an industrial setting. The image shows four cylindrical silos aligned side by side, with a smooth, segmented exterior and railing around the top. In front of the silos, there are various pipe structures and metal components scattered on the ground. The background includes industrial structures like pipes and a building. The photograph is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.5 × 9.9 cm (2 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.1 × 12.8 cm (4 × 5 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.155

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 11 June 1998; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom center in graphite: John Vachon 10/42, on recto, by unknown hand, top right in negative: OWI-10080-D; on verso, across top edge printed in black ink: Chiller tanks at Mid Continent Refinery, Tulsa, Okla.; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: PW7220; center Bureau of Public Relations, War Department copyright stamp in red ink; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: J645

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