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Collections

Charles Sheeler
Boulder Dam, Colorado1939-1940

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a massive curved concrete dam between steep rocky canyon walls, with dramatic shadows cast across the dam face and mountains in the distance

Charles Sheeler, Boulder Dam, Colorado, 1939-1940, 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
Charles Sheeler
Title
Boulder Dam, Colorado
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1939-1940
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (15.5 × 23.81 cm) Primary support: 6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (15.5 × 23.81 cm) Secondary support: 15 × 11 1/16 in. (38.1 × 28.1 cm) Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1807
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Road Trip: Photography of the American West: Photographies XIXe-XXIe Siècles du Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bordeaux: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, 2014.

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