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Wilbur H. Porterfield
Bending To The Blast, Fort Erie1916

Not on view
Blue-gray toned photograph of tall, slender trees with trunks and branches bent sharply to the right, low grasses, and an overcast sky, soft focus throughout

Wilbur H. Porterfield, Bending To The Blast, Fort Erie, 1916, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Wilbur H. Porterfield
Title
Bending To The Blast, Fort Erie
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1916
Medium
Carbon print
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (26.3 × 34 cm) Primary support: 10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in. (26.3 × 34 cm) Secondary support: 19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (50.7 × 40.5 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1618
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography