Arthur Tress

Railroad Crossing, Flat Rock, N.C.
1968

A black and white photograph depicting a misty, wooded landscape with a diagonal railroad crossing sign in the foreground. The sign reads "RAILROAD CROSSING" with "CROSS ROAD" underneath. The trees are bare, suggesting it might be autumn or winter. The bottom of the image includes handwritten text that says "Railroad Crossing, Flat Rock, N.C. 1968 A.P." and is signed by the photographer, Arthur Tress.
A black and white photograph depicting a misty, wooded landscape with a diagonal railroad crossing sign in the foreground. The sign reads "RAILROAD CROSSING" with "CROSS ROAD" underneath. The trees are bare, suggesting it might be autumn or winter. The bottom of the image includes handwritten text that says "Railroad Crossing, Flat Rock, N.C. 1968 A.P." and is signed by the photographer, Arthur Tress.

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Date
1968

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm) Image: 9 7/8 × 9 15/16in. (25.1 × 25.2 cm)

Accession number
P.97.6

Edition
A.P.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of David Knaus

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 Arthur Tress

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