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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
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.