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W. Eugene Smith
Wales - Mining Town1950

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a dark row of terraced houses with white laundry on clotheslines, a smoking industrial chimney and conical hill in the distance, lone figure walking in lower right

W. Eugene Smith, Wales - Mining Town, 1950, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
W. Eugene Smith
Title
Wales - Mining Town
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1950
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/4 × 12 13/16 in. (18.42 × 32.54 cm) Primary support: 7 1/4 × 12 13/16 in. (18.42 × 32.54 cm) Secondary support: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.48 × 50.8 cm) Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.48 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
AC1992.255.2
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith