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Alma Lavenson
Union Oil Tanks, Alameda1931

Not on view
Black-and-white photograph of large cylindrical industrial fuel storage tanks labeled 'Aviation Gasoline 2634,' with a concrete retaining wall casting a sharp diagonal shadow
Artist or Maker
Alma Lavenson
United States, 1897-1989
Title
Union Oil Tanks, Alameda
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1931
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.6 cm) Primary support: 11 × 10 1/4 in. (27.9 × 26.1 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1264
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Acker, Emma. Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - de Young, in association with Yale University Press, 2018.