Guggenheim 342--Esso oil refinery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

November 1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet showing various scenes in a construction or industrial setting. The image displays a grid of multiple black and white photographs capturing different aspects of the environment, such as structural assembly, workers in safety helmets performing tasks, scaffolding against large infrastructural elements, and control rooms with equipment and monitors. The setting implies a construction or heavy industrial project with complex machinery and piping systems, including cranes, scaffolding, and control panels. The contact sheet offers a comprehensive visual narrative of an industrial project in progress.
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Provenance

The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1990.

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Wikidata ID

Q64161853

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