Ralston Crawford

Boulder Dam

1971

Several stacked rectangular metal plates with rust and round bolt holes against dark shadows.

Several stacked rectangular metal plates with rust and round bolt holes against dark shadows.

Not on view

Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm) Image: 10 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (27 × 27 cm)

Accession number
97.141.3

Credit line
Gift of Robert Crawford

Rights and reproductions
© Ralston Crawford Estate / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/11593

Part of a series:
Untitled
10 works

Fishing boat rigging with a hanging conical net, chains, and support poles against sky.

Tall concrete walls with chalk markings and a sharp diagonal shadow creating a narrow passage.

Several stacked rectangular metal plates with rust and round bolt holes against dark shadows.

Stacked steel I-beams with chalk markings stored in a warehouse, arranged in horizontal rows.

Stacked metal plates with chalk markings reading "70-60 99" and boxed "37-A".

Large weathered metal plates with two vertical rows of circular holes and textured surfaces.

Overlapping weathered metal plates with circular holes create a high-contrast abstract composition.

Large curved steel panels stand upright in a construction yard casting deep shadows.

Two conical fishing nets hang from boat rigging while a seagull perches on a mast.

Rusty textured metal panels and wooden supports leaning amid tall grass and weeds.

Exhibitions

The Whitney’s Collection

Jan 30, 2008–Jan 3, 2010

Ralston Crawford
229 works in the collection, 30 exhibitions

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