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Sebastião Salgado
Kuwait1991

Not on view
Black and white photograph of three oil-covered workers at a gushing wellhead on a muddy plain, with a thick column of oil rising against a smoke-filled sky
Artist or Maker
Sebastião Salgado
Brazil, 1944-2025
Title
Kuwait
Place Made
Brazil
Date Made
1991
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 17 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (45.24 × 30.1 cm) Primary support: 19 7/8 × 15 9/16 in. (50.48 × 39.53 cm) Mat: 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Gary Sato
Accession Number
AC1998.162.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography