Andreas Feininger

Signal Hill, California
1947

Black and white photograph of an industrial landscape dominated by numerous oil derricks and two prominent electricity pylons in the foreground. The scene is devoid of people and has a stark, mechanical appearance, with storage tanks and small buildings scattered throughout.

Black and white photograph of an industrial landscape dominated by numerous oil derricks and two prominent electricity pylons in the foreground. The scene is devoid of people and has a stark, mechanical appearance, with storage tanks and small buildings scattered throughout.

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Date
1947

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 9/16in. (26.8 × 34.4 cm)

Accession number
2001.90

Series
Series: Man-made landscapes

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Feininger Family

Rights and reproductions
Copyright TIME/LIFE

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Andreas Feininger
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